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Lloyd Jones

Cyclone shelter and flood levee boost in disaster plan

The federal government will spend up to $1 billion on the Disaster Ready Fund over five years. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A cyclone shelter able to take 800 people and a stormwater upgrade to curb the impacts of a one-in-100-year flood are among disaster resilience measures receiving a share of $200 million in federal funding.

The disaster-ready funding to make communities more resilient to severe weather events is being announced by federal Emergency Management Minister Kristy McBain in Canberra on Monday.

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