Weather is growing more extreme. The pressure is on the Bureau of Meteorology to keep up

Weather is growing more extreme. The pressure is on the Bureau of Meteorology to keep up

The venerable weather bureau faces difficult questions about its warnings – and its future. What explains its recent high-profile misses?

  • byLiam Mannix

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PM pledges aid as Shepparton remains on alert for floodwaters

PM pledges aid as Shepparton remains on alert for floodwaters

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged further support for victims of Victoria’s damaging floods as the clean-up continues and some communities remain under threat.

  • byLachlan Abbott andCaroline Schelle
Relocation looms for homes in flood-hit towns where insurance is almost impossible

Relocation looms for homes in flood-hit towns where insurance is almost impossible

After two floods inside two years in parts of Victoria,insurance experts are concerned flood coverage will become increasingly unaffordable for many residents in the state’s flood-hit communities.

  • byAisha Dow,Broede Carmody,Alex Crowe andCaroline Schelle
Floods easing,but the danger is not over for some parts of the state

Floods easing,but the danger is not over for some parts of the state

Communities have started the clean-up after the deluge,with at least two dozen properties inundated,but there is still a risk for those in the northern and eastern parts of Victoria.

  • byAlex Crowe andCaroline Schelle
‘You’ve got to do something’:How Mitch braved floodwaters to save a woman

‘You’ve got to do something’:How Mitch braved floodwaters to save a woman

A man who risked his own life to save an elderly woman who was swept away in fast-moving floodwaters has detailed his desperate attempts to rescue her.

  • byAlex Crowe
Water receding in Rochester,but residents argue more needs to be done

Water receding in Rochester,but residents argue more needs to be done

The northern Victorian town awoke to news of the best kind of error:emergency authorities had slightly overestimated the flood peak.

  • byLiam Mannix
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A school empties and sandbags are filled as risk of flood returns to Rochester

A school empties and sandbags are filled as risk of flood returns to Rochester

This flood-affected town in northern Victoria is used to being inundated by floodwaters. But that doesn’t make it any easier.

  • byLiam Mannix
Seymour told to evacuate,too late to leave for Yea as floodwaters rise

Seymour told to evacuate,too late to leave for Yea as floodwaters rise

Bendigo residents are also being warned of possible flash floods as thunderstorms batter the state.

  • byAlex Crowe,Broede Carmody andCaroline Schelle