The Herald’s chief photographer has documented some of our worst natural disasters.
In 2019,the Macquarie Marshes were barren. Now,after record rains,waterbirds and frogs have returned in their thousands. See the difference.
These images give a glimpse of the birth and growth of a flood disaster that I fear has not peaked in its ferocity or scale.
The mammoth clean up that lies ahead of the Molong community is not unique to the area. It does,however,illustrate the challenges towns and their residents face as extreme weather events get more frequent and intense.
Thousands of Central West residents have evacuated amid heavy flooding,with the township of Forbes facing its worst flooding event in 70 years.
Dick Sharkey says the situation was “pretty stressful” but it was pointless to cry about it as works to keep the water at bay.
More than 1000 residents in the regional NSW town of Forbes have been evacuated to higher ground as the state’s Central West prepares for its worst flooding in 70 years.
The Herald’s chief photographer and renowned storm chaser Nick Moir came face-to-face with a 1.5-kilometre-wide tornado in the Texas Panhandle.
The floodwaters lap at the ground floor of every house in Mawson Place in Pitt Town. Instead of parked cars on their driveways,they have floating canoes,jet skis and tinnies.
With a warming climate driving weather to new extremes,the Herald’s chief photographer Nick Moir spent much of the year battling giant hail,floods,huge waves and even tornadoes.
On Friday night,this photographer witnessed curtains of green and red dance across the heavens as the particles interacted with gases at an altitude of about 100 kilometres.