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Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters is Volume 335 in the ‘Issues in Society’ series of educational resource books. The aim of this series is to offer current, diverse information about important issues in our world, from an Australian perspective.
KEY ISSUES IN THIS TOPIC
Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature’s devastating power.
Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Nin~a and El Nin~o play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis – what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural disasters at a national and global level?
This book examines the causes of severe and extreme weather in Australia, and explores the nation’s history of natural disasters and their impact on humans and the environment.