Massive 1.4 million acre wildfires engulf southeast Australia
In Burragate and across New South Wales and Victoria a pair of fires merged to form a vast blaze. A man was seriously burned shielding a home and airlifted to Sydney hospital as firefighters battled through winds and lightning. The crisis has killed at least 26, destroyed over 2,000 homes, and sparked protests against climate policy amid a broader warming debate.
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US faced 14 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2019
NOAA reports 2019 produced 14 major weather disasters costing at least 45 billion dollars with 44 deaths. Eight severe storms hit the South and Midwest, three inland flood events, two tropical cyclones, and California and Alaska wildfires. Missouri Arkansas and Mississippi River floods alone cost 20 billion.
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Fonda Leads Final Fire Drill Friday protest on Capitol Hill
Jane Fonda headlines the 14th and last Fire Drill Friday rally on Capitol Hill with Joaquin Phoenix Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon joining. U S Capitol Police report 147 arrests for crowding and obstructing as protesters target banks financing fossil fuels. Fonda vows ongoing climate action while celebrities face detention and public remarks urge a Green New Deal.
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