When natural diasters occur, the ABC scrambles to provide emergency broadcasting and deploy news crews to cover the event and keep the community informed on radio, TV and digital platforms.
When these disasters happen in country areas, as they often do, our network of regional offices is the backbone of our coverage.
As torrential rain recently swelled many of Victoria's major waterways to major flood level, transport routes were cut, hundreds of homes were inundated and communities were isolated.
