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Nambucca River causes massive problems for oyster grower with three floods, sewage spills

One natural disaster can be a massive setback for a business, but oyster grower James Ford has endured three, which left his lease contaminated by sewage as well.

ABC News

Soggy outlook as sweeping cloudband smothers Australia

Vast blankets of cloud will smother much of Australia this week, bringing rain – and possibly floods – to every state and territory.

The New Daily

Minister weighs Auckland housing density delay

Environment Minister David Parker is considering an Auckland Council request to delay planning changes for more intense housing in the city - and his ministry is seeking more information on the post-flooding proposal.

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Okavango Delta residents worry over low flood water levels

Livelihoods, wildlife depending on the river at risk amid growing impacts of climate change

The Independent UK

Residents of new Baltic Wharf flats would have to be rescued in a flood, experts warn

The Environment Agency says the new homes planned for the Harbourside could pose a 'risk to life'

Bristol Post

They grow America’s strawberries. A vicious flood made them climate migrants

California immigrant farm workers bore the brunt of this winter’s extreme weather – yet have scant resources to put their lives back together

The Guardian - US

South Australia’s wildlife flourishing after floods

Recent flooding down the Murray in South Australia is now bringing significant environmental benefits with birds, fish and other species thriving.

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Inside the UK's most flooded town where streets are often awash with 'mud and debris'

Floods have cost the Cornish town of Looe an estimated £39million of damage between 2012 and 2017, with almost all the businesses in the town affected by the water surge

Daily Mirror

Thunderstorm watch for the Hunter as 'unsettled' weather pattern sets in

HUNTER residents will be on thunderstorm watch for the next two days as an "unsettled" weather system sets in.

Newcastle Herald

‘We’ve lost the aqueduct’: How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline

OLANCHA, Calif. — For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Los Angeles Times

Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

The world's worst cyclones hit Bangladesh. Floods are devastating. Yet death tolls are falling. The country's climate disaster strategies offer lessons for all coastal communities.

WEKU

There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other

When my country, Pakistan, flooded last year, women faced particular suffering. That’s true around the world

The Guardian - US

Wetlands Revival Trust, a conservation-minded group of farmers, build a wildlife haven in a swamp

Not-for-profit Wetlands Revival Trust is working with traditional owners and community to protect and restore ecologically-significant wetlands in the southern Murray-Darling Basin.

ABC News

My Cyclone Diary: amid the cleanup, the true meaning of home and community emerges

In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their lives

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In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers.

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Many migrants who flooded into NYC are ‘on the edge of despair’ as they struggle to find work — and stability

NEW YORK — Jesus O. was a skilled HVAC technician and business owner in Venezuela who thought his skills would easily secure him work when he came to New York last October amid a flood of migrants flowing into New York.

The Guardian - AU

‘Spectacular’ spiny crayfish samples recovered amid Lismore floods key to mapping species

Australia Museum says 20-year-old collection will help understand and conserve threatened animals, which are sensitive to climate change

Liverpool Echo

Fire service warning as flooding and high tides set to batter Merseyside

A flood alert has been put in place for parts of the region

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Reuters

Amid deluge, California farmers flood their fields in order to save them

When Don Cameron first intentionally flooded his central California farm in 2011, pumping excess stormwater onto his fields, fellow growers told him he was crazy.

ABC News

First Nations flood survivors 'out in the bush and left in the dark'

Some remote communities hit by flooding in the Gulf of Carpentaria say having a representative on a Voice to Parliament may be the key to them receiving better support in future disasters.

The Independent UK

Iowa governor signs gender-affirming care ban, bathroom law

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a pair of laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use and banning gender-affirming medical care amid a flood of legislation nationwide targeting the trans community

Newsroom.co.nz

Flood-affected Aucklanders breathe a sigh of rates relief

Although Auckland Council’s big cleanup following this year’s extreme weather events continues, “things are getting more difficult at this point”.

The Week

Beavers to return to west London after 400 years

Beavers are to return to west London for the first time in 400 years, as part of a rewilding project. A breeding pair of Eurasian beavers, which are expected to come from Tayside in Scotland, could arrive at their new home in a wetland in Ealing as soon as this…

Wales Online

Flood warnings issued across Wales with more heavy rain on the way

More heavy and thundery showers are forecast for the rest of the week

Bristol Post

Urgent flood warnings for Bristol after heavy rain batters South West

The Environment Agency has issued a couple of red warnings along with some lower level alerts as well

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