The Latest Breaking News from Flood

Flooding and land slides at her home in Titirangi have Zoe Hawkins sleeping in her running gear in case she has to flee. She shares her concern for others even more affected - and questions what the future brings. 

Orchard Nursery owner Vicky Coia had to help kids to safety through flood water after the River Almond burst its banks in December, and has joined calls for more to be done on flood prevention.

Dessie McKenzie says fears of heavy rainfall remain for those in the community a year after Storm Franklin caused heavy flooding locally

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

The scheme will help reduce the risk of water entering people’s homes during a flood.

An interview with Knott County Attorney Tim Bates

Businesses dependent on Western Australia’s severely damaged northern road network call for government support to keep their businesses afloat after unprecedented floods.

The crash happened on the N60 Balla to Claremorris road in Mayo overnight

Shack owners in the South Australian town of Punyelroo are getting their first look – via kayak – at their muddied homes that have spent weeks submerged by floodwaters. But for others, accessing their flood-affected homes is still awhile away.

As the economist Herman Daly pithily said, the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment – not the reverse. Nature makes our lives possible through what scientists call ecosystem services. Think healthy food, clean water, feed for livestock, building materials, medicine, flood and storm control, recreation, and attractions…

Many communities in regional NSW have turned their attention to flood recovery, but this remote town is still isolated due to inundated roads.