Earth Changes
More wild weather is on the way with gale force wind and hazardous surf warnings in place for much of the New South Wales coast from the Illawarra in the south to Byron Bay in the far north.
Sydney reached a top of 21C at 4am on Thursday before the temperature plummeted within hours to 14C by 11am - 10C below the November monthly average.
According to Weather Atlas the average monthly low temperature for Sydney in November is 15.7C.
The mercury dropped down to 12C on Thursday night and fell as low as 10C in Camden, on the city's south-west outskirts, as a surge of powerful southerly winds moved up the coast.
Germany and The Netherlands
Two poultry farms in Holland and Germany have been attacked by H5N8, forcing the culling of more than 200,000 chickens in Puiflijk, the Netherlands.
These Dutch farms are just 30km (19 miles) from the German border. The main risk is that the infection spread out-of-control on both sides.
Although the H5N8 bird flu strain isn't too dangerous for humans, its economic cost can be significant. People should avoid touching sick or dead birds. Chicken and eggs are safe to eat if cooked thoroughly.
Comment: See also:
- New outbreaks of bird flu reported in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam
- Indonesia the latest country hit by African Swine Fever outbreak
- New virus passed via tick bites emerges in China, seven killed so far

A submerged evangelical church is seen along a flooded street during the passage of Storm Eta, in Pimienta, Honduras November 5, 2020.
On Thursday, the Second Lieutenant of the Fire Department, Carlos Oliva, said four people died in a mudslide, including a mother and her two children, in the Fortaleza district of Tela, a town in Atlantida, and a minor drowned in the village of Paujiles, reports Xinhua news agency.
On Wednesday, a girl drowned in Nueva Frontera in Santa Barbara, and a 37-year-old man drowned in San Manuel, Lempira department.
Emergency services in the southern Andalusia region responded to 130 incidents due to heavy rainfall and strong winds on 05 November. Most of the coordinated incidents (90) were in the province of , followed by Huelva (19) and Seville (12).
Firefighters were called on to rescue 3 people from a flooded house in Ronda in Malaga province after the Guadalevín River broke its banks. Videos shared on Social Media showed firefighters battling against fast-flowing water in streets of Ronda.
The government of Malaga Province said 5 major roads were closed across the province as a result of flooding and landslides.

Restaurant workers are seen salvaging items after Seremban was hit by flash floods earlier today.
Many of the businesses and residents met by Bernama were devastated after their properties and business premises were inundated by floodwaters.
In Rantau, the flooding was the third this year, after similar incidents on Sept 22 and Oct 1.
A prayer materials and flower shop owner in Kuala Sawah, Rantau, K. Kanniamah, 48, said the flash flood, which hit her area at around 4.30 am, was the worst she had experienced in her 15 years living there.
"As the water reached my ankles, my first thought was of my shop and when I reached it, I saw all my products were destroyed. My losses are estimated at RM15,000," she said.
Restaurant owner D. Logeswary, 35, said the continuous heavy rain which started at midnight was something extraordinary and unprecedented.
Photos and videos shared this morning with our newsroom showed that water levels at the Macal River in San Ignacio continue to rise. Businesses near the San Ignacio Market have secured their establishments and evacuated the area.
Meanwhile, in Bullet Tree Falls Village, the river level is several inches away from the platform of the Salvador Fernandez Bridge.
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said around half the deaths were in a single town where a hillside collapse buried some 20 houses under thick mud.
Eta made landfall in neighbouring Nicaragua as a hurricane on Tuesday.
It was later downgraded to a tropical storm.













Comment: Storm and heavy rains causes flooding in Mecca and other parts of Saudi Arabia