Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into NSW’s “grand dame” of the Northern Rivers. Leading community figures say local people,not insurers,should shape their city’s future.
Emails show that the Bureau of Meteorology directed staff to refer questions from journalists about floods,fires,climate change and the reef to senior management.
Reports said 10 cars and trucks,along with two motorbikes,fell into the river. Some people were pulled out of the river and taken to a hospital,but at least 10 were still missing.
Complex plans to upgrade south-east Queensland’s key water supply and flood mitigation dam by 2035 are years in the works. A hidden report sheds new light on why.
State governments have reaped billions from stamp duty on insurance,and the industry’s peak body says it’s time for states to put that money back into mitigating natural disasters.
Blindsided residents in Fitzroy,Collingwood and Richmond will be told their homes are at risk of flooding from overflowing drains.
There are some communities that modern technology and science now suggest,with the benefit of hindsight and projections,it might have been wiser not to build.
The AFL has poured millions of dollars into local community clubs across the country to help them recover from extreme weather events driven by the impacts of climate change.
Two Western Australian regions are bracing for floods,with heavy rain forecast for the start of the week and communities warned to stock up on essentials in case they become isolated.
Hundreds of residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were issued emergency warnings to flee as the river surged above moderate levels.
Some residents are on high alert after an overnight drenching as Sydney’s largest dam spills into the rising Hawkesbury-Nepean river system.