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Environment by Bronwyn Farr Premium Content Subscriber only CAIRNS could face dire water restrictions by 2027 as the regions growth outstrips supply - and Cairns Regional Council is after a big-ticket item in the federal budget to remedy a looming crisis. The council wants $215m for its Cairns Water Security Stage 1 project which will involve water infrastructure on the Mulgrave River to deliver water into the main network, saying Copperlode Dam and Behana C...

The fire service expects to put it out completely only in a few days time. Cape Winelands Fire Services Heinrich Louw said, "at this point in time, the fire is still burning out control and burning over an extensive area that spans from the Berg River Dam to Jonkershoek. Unfortunately at this point, the fire is still out of control."  "At the moment we predict there are about 10 000 hectares of land that burnt down, land and also vegetation, of course. Yesterday Friday was quite hectic, w...

I want to show you dramatic satellite imagery from nasa, just released. if you are in capetown, you know these names, of the dams. those dams, all outside capetown, supply the city with its drinking water. look at the progression from 2014 to 2016, taken just about a week ago, the dam and the depletion in the water of the reservoirs is incredible to identify each of these and the slow and steady and gradual decent in the water levels present. here is the river dam. i have hiked this. beautiful p...

In effect throughout this evening. things not any better in places like my hometown area, minneapolis. city already declaring six snow emergencies so far this year, double the amount of what you consider a normal winter. meanwhile georgia, storms creating big problems, 11,000 homes and businesses still without power. spokesperson for georgia power says most of those require repairs actually by an electrician. in chicago a buildup of snow and ice taking a serious toll on some homes and leaving ...

That snow piling up on rooftops, causing ice dam. >> when the snow continues to melt, those ice dams will continue to get bigger. when that snow continues to melt and doesnt have anywhere to go and it freezes and pools above the ice dam like a river dam and then it actually seeps underneath the shingles, through the tar paper and into peoples homes. >> reporter: its not just leakage. that heavy, wet snow is collapsing the roofs of homes and even entire shopping malls like this one in monroe town...

may day protests all around the world. occupy wall street trying to regroup and calling for a day without the 99%. no work, no shopping, no banking. hoping for a nationwide disruption. and rescue 411. a 411" firefighter just the right size to save a little baby who fell 20 feet down a drain pipe. well be talking to the hero. up first this morning, pure gold. its how intelligence officials are describing over 100 internal al qaeda documents that detailed past attacks and future terr...

Learned about you? you are not afraid of heights! >> thats not a fear i have. bill: frankly, im not doing there! in a parachute, maybe i am. this is tonights episode. what are you doing in woam something. >> were outside of cody, building a ski lift out of recycled parts on the side of a mountain thats thats not been developed, the only way to get anything up the mountain is by helicopter. bill: you brought it all in. i get the impression youre the guy that would hang on a manhattan skyscraper a...