New details have emerged about the increased risk of critical asthma symptoms for some groups of Asian migrants and descendants in Australia during thunderstorms. People of East or South Asian ...

[5] In the southern hemisphere, "thunderstorm asthma" epidemics have been reported in Australia. [6] Fivefold to 10-fold increases in emergency visits to major hospitals in Melbourne occurred ...

Bushfire Advice – Margate, Snug and surrounds – Monitor conditionsThis is a Bushfire Advice message for Snug Tiers and surrounds – Monitor conditions.There is no immediate threat.Tasmania ...

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma can happen during grass pollen season – October through December – in south-east Australia. It may be triggered by a unique combination of: high amounts of grass pollen in ...

VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS are likely to produce intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may ...

Australia is enduring a dynamic mix of severe weather this week, with flooding rain, bushfires, heatwaves, severe ...

Check out this incredible footage of the current storm in Australia. Tenille Abbott from Queensland, Australia captured the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Monsoon rains unleashed flooding in Australia’s Queensland that have claimed the lives of two people as the week-long deluge dropped months of rainfall in a few days, ...

The Nose Knows: Nasal Swab Detects Asthma Type in Kids Jan. 2, 2025 — A new, non-invasive nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype, could help clinicians ...

Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week is here, and there are several things you need to know to stay safe if you call Florida home, are visiting the state, or plan on moving here. A new topic ...

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease more appropriately seen as a syndrome rather than a single pathologic entity. Although it can remain quiescent for extended time periods, the inflammatory and ...

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms with hail, heavy rain, and strong winds in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, and North West.