Rich must help poor nations prepare for extreme events

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 22 2017 - 1:48am, first published 1:44am

Weather agencies including Australia's must step up co-operation to close a "widening gap in capacity" with developing nations, with the urgency of action increasing as the planet heats up, David Grimes, president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), says.

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