The Latest Breaking News on Floods

After I graduated law school, I clerked in the Johnstown Division of the Western District of Pennsylvania for two years. Until fairly recently, that Division had a single federal judge. (The judge for whom I clerked assumed senior status, but still hears cases, along with a new active judge.) Since…

Securing the right to housing will require us to challenge the very systems and ideologies that are doing such harm to our planet, says Aaron Hendry

Many countries in Africa suffer from disasters annually, but the adverse effects are grossly under-reported compared with coverage of more developed nations.

South Australians who have had properties damaged or lost to flood will be eligible for tax relief in a new package announced by the state government.

As attention turns to reconnecting a major Riverland road that was cut off by floodwaters, the SA government also announces new tax relief measures aimed at helping those who lost their homes.

As the water recedes from the flood-ravaged New South Wales' Central West, all that remains standing on some farms are the trees.

Professor John Morgan offers a 'lesson plan' for Auckland children returning to school to help them understand what's going on in their city after the floods.

Michael Smith drives from Melbourne to northern NSW to donate his $15,000 car to a flood-affected resident — and then takes a 23-hour train ride home.

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

Schools play an integral but often unrecognised and unacknowledged role in helping communities respond to and recover from disasters, writes Carol Mutch

Murray flooding is still causing problems in South Australia with water breaching a levee southeast of Adelaide.