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We must fight this climate enemy instead of fiddling while Rome burns

The Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 is a masterpiece of convolution and only covers flood damage to land. What about other climate-change-induced events?

Newsroom.co.nz

Strip mines blamed amid floodwaters rise

Coal mining provided jobs for decades but has left the land vulnerable to fatal floods

Salon

Inquest hears of desperate calls for help from Tasmanian couple during 2016 Latrobe floods

An inquest into the death of a 75-year-old Tasmanian woman who drowned in her Latrobe home in 2016 has heard family members made desperate calls to the SES and police prior to her death.

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Pacific Motorway upgrades may have caused additional flooding for some Gold Coast homes in 2022, report says

Temporary roadworks on the M1 at the Gold Coast in February and March of 2022 may have caused "additional flooding above the floorboards" in up to 25 homes, according to a hydrology report released by the state government.

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Rio Tinto to help rebuild flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in lieu of payment for radioactive capsule search

Rio Tinto offers $4 million towards rebuilding flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in WA's north, as payment for the painstaking search to find a tiny radioactive capsule it lost last month.

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Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says weather in flooded communities has eased as 'hundreds' of evacuees remain stranded

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said there were still there were still "hundreds" of people waiting to be evacuated from Kalkarindji to the nearest major centre of Katherine.

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Over 26,000 evacuated as floods hit Malaysia again; 1 dead

Rescuers in boats have retrieved families trapped on rooftops and hauled others to safety as villages in parts of Malaysia were submerged in floodwaters

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Federal government approves ADF assistance to evacuation of flooded NT remote communities

The federal government has approved a request for ADF assistance to evacuate about 700 people from a handful of remote communities south of Darwin that have been inundated by major flooding.

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Victoria Daly Mayor Brian Pedwell says authorities did not learn from past when dealing with latest flood event

Victoria Daly Region Mayor Brian Pedwell says families in flooded communities were being evacuated from their rooftops, and more could have been done to evacuate people earlier.

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Hundreds in remote NT communities being told to evacuate over flood risk

Hundreds of people are being evacuated from remote communities in the Northern Territory where flood waters threaten to isolate residents.

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Thousands of children will need intensive support after the 2022 floods, Royal Far West and UNICEF find

An estimated 4,000 children in NSW will need intensive trauma support following the February and March floods diasters of last year, a new report has found.

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Emergency flood evacuation for remote NT communities

A number of remote communities in the Northern Territory will be evacuated as flood levels rise beyond expectations and isolate residents.

AAP

Building a $5m bridge to get over Wallsend flooding

The works are aimed at accommodating a potential future widening of the Hunter Water stormwater channel.

Newcastle Herald

Residents being evacuated from NT remote communities of Kalkarindji, Daguragu, Pigeon Hole, and Palumpa amid major flooding

Residents of four remote communities are being evacuated to Darwin via Katherine as floodwaters continue to rise, with river levels in one community expected to reach record heights.

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Port plan pitched to parties

City Hall will pitch to those political parties canvassing for votes the idea of integrating Bangkok Port in Klong Toey with the Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri to lessen problems in the capital, including floods and air pollution.

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Push for improved building standards as increased risk of extreme weather events wreaks havoc on Australia's housing stock

Australia has set a goal of building a million new homes in the next decade, but new homes built to the national minimum standard are unlikely to be liveable in the aftermath of extreme weather events.

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Swan Reach residents wait for their muddy and water-logged furniture to be collected

While floodwaters have receded, sections of Swan Reach on the Murray River have started to resemble a rubbish tip, with piles of water-logged furniture lining the streets.

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Flood risk casts shadow over feedlot plans

Industrial farming is inappropriate in an area at risk of flooding, says a local environmental group. David Williams reports.

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Lismore farmer reflects on 'one of the toughest years'

A northern NSW dairy farmer who lost 130 of his animals in catastrophic flooding last year is getting on with work, but says some farmers have shut up shop.

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Flood-weary Tweed residents make peace with the river

On the one-year anniversary of the northern NSW floods, members of the local community have gathered to heal.

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The Tweed still 'raw' as residents mark anniversary of devastating floods

A Tweed resident says "the promises stopped coming" six months after flooding which exposed the region's vulnerability to natural disasters.

The Conversation

Why a temporary flood levy on higher earners would be the fairest way to help pay for Cyclone Gabrielle

Cyclone Gabrielle’s trail of misery and destruction presents a major fiscal and political dilemma for the government: how should the country pay for the recovery? Does it borrow now and spread repayment over generations, or raise taxes in an election year?

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ABC reporter tells of harrowing days covering Lismore flood and the tough recovery that followed

On the anniversary of her hardest day on the job, an ABC journalist remembers near-overwhelming emotions as Lismore flooding threatened her loved ones and community.

The New Daily

‘Exhausted’ Lismore marks a year since traumatic floods

A year on from the worst flood in Australian history, community heroes, survivors and political leaders will join together in Lismore to mark the anniversary.

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One year on from Brisbane's devastating floods, many families are still living in limbo

Alysia Mann and husband Adam can't find a builder to begin construction and don't think the home will be finished for at least another year

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