#stormdisaster — Public Fediverse posts

Meet the US lightning experts exploring a striking subject in Australia's outback This duo hope their observations in Kalgoorlie could be used to minimise lightning damage and improve safety in industries like mining. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-11/researchers-study-lightning-at-kalgoorlie/12849864 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #DisastersandAccidents #AcademicResearch #MiningIndustry #ClimateChange #Mining(Rural) #StormDisaster #Industry #Weather

Cabbage turned to coleslaw, avos smashed as hail wreaks $60m worth of havoc in Queensland Thousands of insurance claims have already been made after monstrous hailstorms tore through the state's south-east on the weekend, pounding crops to mush and scaring the daylights out of farmers caught in the open. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-02/farmers-count-cost-after-queensland-crops-damaged-by-hail/12837756 #DisastersandAccidents #AgriculturalCrops #StormDisaster #StormEvent #Weather

'We were very lucky': Pineapple harvest ripens up two years after freak tornado wiped out crops Two years on from a freak hail storm, these pineapple farmers are battling pandemic and further storm and bushfire forecasts, but this season's harvest is shaping up as a good one. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-16/pineapple-farmers-recovering-two-years-on-from-mini-tornado/12772090 #StormDisaster #StormEvent #Fruits #Fruit

Cucumbers will soon cost you more at the supermarket due to dust storm Shoppers can expect to pay more for cucumbers in the coming weeks after a storm from ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga wiped out crops in a major supply region. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-03/cucumber-shortage-cyclone-mangga-to-increase-prices/12311466 #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #VegetableCrops #FoodProcessing #StormDisaster #Vegetables #StormEvent #Regional #Cyclone

As flash floods swept through their farm, Kristen pulled two waterlogged wombats to safety After weeks of fires that constantly threatened their property, when heavy rain brought flash flooding Kristen and Mick were faced with pulling wombats from a swollen river. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-21/wombats-pulled-from-flooding-river-in-fire-ravaged-nsw-town/11981792 #DisastersandAccidents #StormDisaster #Livestock #Wildfire #Bushfire #Animals #Fires

'Tsunami-like' floods destroy bushfire recovery steps on northern NSW coast Communities on the north coast of New South Wales are struggling to recover from an extraordinary series of natural disasters. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/disaster-follows-disaster-on-nsw-north-coast/11977496 #CharitiesandCommunityOrganisations #DisastersandAccidents #StormDisaster #MarineBiology #Bushfire #Floods #Rural

Surviving hell and high water one year on from record north-west Qld floods This time last year, north-west Queensland faced the devastating aftermath of unprecedented monsoonal rain and more the 664,000 head of stock lost. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-02-14/surviving-hell-and-high-water-of-qld-floods/11966808 #StormDisaster #MentalHealth #Livestock #Floods

Tractor ride the only way out for farming family stranded by mud, sand, debris The Walker family loves seeing rain on their farm, but with the rain comes very muddy and dirty consequences. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-14/farming-family-trapped-by-mud-sand-debris-in-flooded-causeway/11962044 #Federal-StateIssues #LocalGovernment #StormDisaster #FarmLabour #Rainfall #Floods

'Boulders the size of watermelons are just rolling down the road': Fire-ravaged farm faces destruction from rain Dirt and rocks have inundated this farmer's property three months after bushfires wiped the landscape of any vegetation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-13/bushfire-ravaged-farm-faces-fresh-destruction-from-flooding-rain/11961520 #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #StormDisaster #Agribusiness #Bushfire #Floods

'It's going to cost us billions': Hail-damaged fruit poses risk of fruit fly outbreak The fear of fruit fly is forcing Riverland growers to mulch their damaged stone fruit crops after a vicious hail storm last month. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-12-10/tonnes-of-hail-damaged-fruit-mulched-after-fruit-fly-fears/11774092 #GovernmentandPolitics #FruitDamagingInsects #VegetableFruitNuts #Pests-Horticulture #StormDisaster #StormEvent #FruitTrees #Mulching #Fruit #Rural