Flooded fairways and unrelenting rain in Brisbane has forced the Australian PGA Championship committee to abandon play on day two,but better conditions are expected on Saturday.
For at least the fifth time this week,a Riverside Expressway off-ramp has been closed to traffic while workers clear water and debris.
The official missing count from last week’s floods is 89. But reporting people missing is almost impossible.
Flood survivors tossed mud and shouted insults at the monarch and government officials when they visited one of the hardest-hit towns.
Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them,but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.
Rescue teams discovered the bodies of eight people who had been trapped in a garage as the death toll in the Valencia region alone climbed to 155.
Meteorologists said a year’s rain had fallen in eight hours in parts. Some 95 people have died and the number of victims is likely to increase.
More than 8000 properties will be reclassified on the flood maps – with hundreds to be removed altogether – in changes set to influence future development.
The government’s report slaps our insurance industry over the wrists without enforcing change. For flood-prone areas,that means waiting for 2022 to repeat itself.
At least 43 deaths have been reported,and officials fear more bodies will be discovered across several states.
Even before the typhoon,the UN estimated 18.6 million people out of a total population of 55 million needed humanitarian assistance.