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NSW flood buyback could have happened quicker: senator

Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt says a flood buyback scheme for damaged homes in NSW hasn't happened as quickly as hoped.

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Lifeline offered to Queensland flood victims unable to access flood buyback scheme due to body corporate rules

One year after the government's flood buyback scheme was announced, the residents of an Ipswich townhouse complex are stuck in limbo. But a last minute offer from the state government has given residents hope.

ABC News

Have we learned the lessons from the 2022 Lismore flood disaster?

Widespread failures in preparedness, response and recovery were exposed in the aftermath of a catastrophic and unprecedented flood that had thousands of people fighting for their lives in and around Lismore. A year on — has anything changed?

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Rescuing flood food to feed the displaced

Food rescuers KiwiHarvest have developed new protocols to take contaminated food all the way back to edible.

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NSW North Coast town of Wardell comes together to heal as flood anniversary approaches

New South Wales' North Coast residents have come together to repair their relationship with the river that destroyed their homes and business in a major flood one year ago.

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Flood-hit residents say it's impractical to raise their homes to the heights required to receive funding

Since floodwaters rose a metre above the floorboards of his high-set home, Des Lawlor has been desperate to raise it higher. But to qualify for funding it'll need to be so high off the ground it would be impractical to live in.

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Snow blankets Los Angeles area in rare heavy storm

Blizzard warnings continued in the mountains and flood advisories blanketed the region, on Saturday. Forecasters Sunday would bring some relief, before the next storm arrives on Monday.

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California weather: Winter storm brings more blizzards and flooding

A powerful winter storm lashing California is still threatening floods, blizzards and avalanches Saturday while adding frigid temperatures to the misery mix

The Independent UK

California faces more blizzards, floods in multistate storm

A powerful winter storm lashing California is still threatening floods, blizzards and avalanches Saturday while adding frigid temperatures to the misery mix

The Independent UK

The staggering number of shopping trollies dumped in the River Irwell is raising the riverbed

Shameful photos show the scale of the problem, with one expert saying 'it doesn't help' flood risk

Manchester Evening News

Councils say Three Waters erodes flood response

Local authorities claim the government’s water reforms will rob them of civil defence capacity.

Newsroom.co.nz

California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm

A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses is set to pound California, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards

The Independent UK

Redevelopment of Mansfield’s historic Metal Box site delayed over potential flooding work

The developer plans to keep the existing historic clock tower and build around it

Nottingham Post

BOM NT forecasts possible minor flooding for Katherine, as monsoon trough brings heavy rain, Top End storms

Multiple flood warnings and watches have been issued for northern parts of the NT following heavy rainfall overnight, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting more to come.

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Slow pace of buyback scheme pushes flood-affected residents to sell homes on open market

A buyback scheme that was supposed to move NSW Northern Rivers residents out of extreme flood danger has barely begun a year after the floods, with the first offers made only in the past few days.

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Freight subsidy for WA's flood-ravaged north

Kimberley businesses affected by Western Australia's once-in-a-century-flooding in January will be eligible for more than $40 million in freight subsidies.

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Menindee resident Karen Page starts the slow road to recovery following major flood event

As the far west NSW town of Menindee begins to recover in the aftermath of a major flood event, one local resident has returned home after almost two months to see the extent of the damage.

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Long-awaited flood mitigation projects set to be announced for NSW Northern Rivers

The federal government starts spending $50 million on Commonwealth funding on various projects to help protect the region from another deadly flood disaster.

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Murraylands residents say more should have been done to protect flooded homes

Nearly two months after the flood peak passed, the South Australian River Murray town of Paisley is still in a pool of water — and residents are wondering why authorities did not do more to help them in the first place.

Glasgow Live

Disabled Lanarkshire grandad stuck in bedroom after burst pipe floods council home

Wheelchair-user David Doris' home in Airdrie was flooded two months ago and he is still waiting for the council to carry out repairs - leaving him confined to his bedroom.

WEKU

New study shows hundreds of millions of dollars needed to rebuild in eastern Kentucky

A new study puts two price tags on the cost of rebuilding and replacing homes damaged or destroyed by last summer's floods in eastern Kentucky.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon

ChatGPT listed as author on titles ranging from self-help to children’s fiction

Newcastle Herald

Sinkhole opens up in front yard after rain cell dumps almost 200mm in parts of the Hunter

A sinkhole has appeared in Wallsend after rain caused the collapse of a front yard amid a huge deluge across the Hunter.

AAP

'It takes time': Premier defends Lismore buyback scheme

Many people in the flood-devastated NSW Northern Rivers still don't have a home, the premier has conceded as a house buyback scheme makes its first offer.

The Conversation

What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done

Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems – such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors – need more space to function properly. Sometimes they assert their underlying presence through land subsidence, floods and fires. As Margaret Cook…

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