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"Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important."- Ernest Hemingway, 1932
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Prepare to burn - ABC listen

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By Meghna Bali Verified, Liz Keen, Kathleen Ferguson Verified, Meredith Griffiths, Ben Deacon, Ingrid Wagner, Simon Branthwaite, Leila Shunnar, Gina McKeon, Benjamin Sveen, Alice Brennan Verified
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Verified
Alice Brennan: It’s kinda hard to believe that summer isn’t beginning for another two whole months. That’s because it’s October and in some parts of the country, the bushfire season began four weeks ago, it’s been the most devastating September in this country ever. Michael Gilbert: We're just looking at total devastation on the centre of our property like the fire come through and just burnt everything including animals and wildlife.
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Drought decimated bogong moth numbers. Now flooding rains are bringing them back to the Australian Alps

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By Alice Walker, Ben Deacon
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
It's an extraordinary journey. After hatching in breeding grounds across south-eastern Australia, the bogong moth spreads its wings as the weather warms up. The moths travel in their billions more than 1,000 kilometres to the coldest parts of the country: caves and crevices in the Australian Alps. They manage to navigate this incredible distance despite being only about 2 to 3 centimetres in length. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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Australian floods of 1950s were driven by same weather forces behind this year's record rains

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By Ben Deacon
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
In the 1950s, flood and rain records were set in New South Wales that stood unchallenged for a lifetime. Until now. Key points: In the1950s, almost every river in New South Wales experienced major flooding As a result, the SES was formed, and dams and levees were built Similar climate drivers to 2022 drove the 1950s floods Condoblin's biggest flood was 1952. Until this year. Sydney's wettest year was 1950. Until this year. And New South Wales' wettest year ever was also 1950.
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