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Environment by Bronwyn Farr Premium Content Subscriber only CAIRNS could face dire water restrictions by 2027 as the region's 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 Creek will fail to meet future needs. Cairns Mayor Bob Manning says federal funding for Mulgrave Ri...

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, we had to evacuate and relocate a number of residents, we also had a very unfortunate incident, we ...

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 part of capetown. the difference is astounding. from 2013-2017. look at the ring around the reservoir...

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 behind quite a mess. >> when the snow continues to melt, those ice are going to get bigger and bigge...

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 doesn't 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 people's homes. >> reporter: it's not just leakage. that heavy, wet snow is collapsing the roofs of homes and even entire shopping malls like this one in monroe township, new jersey. same with this townhome in somerville, new jersey, and this entire building at ...