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Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below. Also, mentioned in two articles near the ...

When a keg of beer means more to you than your own life Updated Stacey and JSbu Share this: There are certain things in life people are willing to go the extra mile for, but would alcohol be part of that list for you? Well, it surely was for this one Queensland woman who jumped into the ocean to rescue beer in the midst of a very dramatic flood. Featured Image Credit: 7News Recently, parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales have been hit with very heavy rainfall, huge swells, and damaging winds that have caused dramatic flooding in the area. 

Severe storm brings massive rains to Queensland and NSW, Australia An intense low-pressure trough off the coast of southeast Australia has brought torrential rains, floods, damaging winds, and dangerous waves to southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales over the weekend, with authorities describing the impacts as similar to that of a Category 1 cyclone. While the threat has eased on Monday, December 14, severe thunderstorm and flood warnings remain in force. In Queensland, up to 738 mm (29 inches) of rain fell in Upper Springbrook a 72-hour period to Monday, including 323 mm (13 inche...

Water is spilling across an intersection at Teneriffe. (Nine) A number of boats have broken loose from their moorings, including a house boat that washed up at Thompson's Beach at Victoria Point. The vessel's owner, Brendan O'Reilly, told 9News a snapped anchor chain caused it to drift sideways on to the shoreline. "I was lying down and watching TV when it snapped and I looked out the window and I was heading towards mangroves," he said. "I've quickly dropped the motors down and moved it but then the winds grabbed me and put me side on to the beach." A houseboat washed ashore and stranded in ...

  The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast thunderstorms to hit southeast Queensland this afternoon, continuing the region's wet weekend with more severe conditions. Coastal parts of Brisbane to the Gold Coast and Wide Bay & Burnett areas are mostly likely to receive the severe storms this evening, with a possible storm predicted for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt region. Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast is smashed by heavy swells. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT The weather warning comes as 150mm plus of rain was dumped on the Wide Bay & Burnett region since 9am this morning, with Fairlies Kn...