Environment

News Hour: The Australian city of Rockhampton in Central Queensland suffered major flooding on Thursday. Despite the initial weekend forecast of a 9.4-meter peak on the Fitzroy River, the warnings were later downgraded to 8.8 meters....

News Hour: Residents bracing for major flooding in an Australian town breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after a swollen river peaked lower than forecast, although hundreds of homes were still inundated. There were fears...

News Hour: The bodies of a “hero” mother and her two young children were pulled from a river in Australia on Tuesday as the death toll rose from cyclone-fuelled floods that devastated parts of the country....

News Hour: Top Ozone experts from around the world highlighted the need for increased research and observations to inform policy on ozone and climate at a meeting sponsored by UN Environment and the World Meteorological Organization in...

News Hour: A massive clean-up was in full swing Monday as floodwaters receded across parts of Australia devastated by a cyclone, with residents and business owners returning to thick mud, piles of debris and ruined property....

News Hour: Floating bottles and plastic bags are a familiar sight in oceans around the world Seabin Project is working on an inventive solution to save the ocean. Plastic pollution in our oceans is a serious...

News Hour: Floodwater was still rising in eastern Australia on Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity supplies in regions hardest hit by a powerful tropical cyclone. At least two people are dead and...

News Hour: Torrential rain hampered relief efforts on Thursday after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as fed-up tourists wait to be evacuated from resort islands. Cyclone Debbie has...

News Hour: Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned on Friday there could be deaths from severe flooding caused by the ex-tropical cyclone. Category four Cyclone...

News Hour: Water shortages, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices and disease outbreaks are posing an additional threat to severely malnourished children in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said today. Across the four famine-threatened...