Bird flu: Antarctic storms threaten to dump more dying birds on Australians shores
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-06-23 16:07 UTC+10:00
Section: Politics / Federal
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Health, Natural Disasters
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Snippet:
Australians should be on high alert for more sick or dead birds this week as a storm brews in the Southern Ocean that could drive more infected birds from the Antarctic region to our coastline, raising the risk of a devastating outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.
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