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What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle.

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Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by floods for several weeks after welcome monsoonal rain

Residents are basking in the big wet after a monsoon trough has brought heavy rainfall to north-west Queensland. Several communities will be cut off for weeks after the strongest start to the wet season in a decade.

ABC News

NZ says cyclone damage could exceed $8 billion, announces emergency funding

New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left at least 11 people dead, could rise above $8 billion as authorities announced emergency funding to help in the recovery efforts.

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NZ cities urgently need to become 'spongier' – but system change will be expensive

Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most expensive weather event in New Zealand insurance history. Cyclone Gabrielle prompted a national state of emergency, only the third time…

The Conversation

Lose that driveway and rethink the back yard

Suburbanites, replace your lawns with native plants and break up the concrete driveway, implores Bill McKay

Newsroom.co.nz

The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’

In February 2022, the first of two catastrophic floods wiped out communities in the NSW northern rivers. A year on, the crisis is nowhere near over

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand’s cyclone death toll rises to 11 as thousands remain missing

Cyclone Gabrielle struck the country’s north on Monday, bringing widespread flooding, landslides and power cuts

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‘Everyone’s pretty gutted’: New Zealanders struggle to pick up pieces after Cyclone Gabrielle

With emergency services stretched, residents are banding together to clean up and guard against looters – and say they are seeing humanity’s best and worst

The Guardian - AU

Trees to be replanted at another location after removal from Stranmillis path for flood scheme

Local residents met with the Department for Infrastructure to discuss the replanting of trees and hedgerows

Belfast Live

Baby's body found in submerged car as floods sweep through South US after storms

The 11-week-old baby was discovered after his mum misjudged the depth of the flood water and drove into it near the town of Pax, West Virginia, following a string of thunderstorms

Daily Mirror

Infant boy dies in car submerged in West Virginia floods after mother’s panicked 911 call

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

The Independent UK

Infant body found in submerged car in flooded West Virginia

Authorities in West Virginia say the body of an infant has been found in a submerged car after floodwaters swept through the state

The Independent UK

Cyclone death toll in New Zealand rises to nine as recovery continues

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday as the clean-up continued on the battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people.

Reuters

Soaring temperatures put WA residents on high alert

Temperatures in the high 40s will be felt in northern parts of Western Australia as other areas of the country get a heatwave reprieve.

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Creative flood recovery workshops strengthen ties in Lismore queer community

After record-breaking flooding, members of Lismore's queer community found healing in the lyrics of a 1978 camp classic and a "safe space" to share their trauma.

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Homes in flood zones greatly overvalued

Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge

Daily Record

Storm leaves £500,000 roads repair bill in Dumfries and Galloway

The worst floods in 40 years hammered Dumfries and Galloway on December 7-8, with businesses and homes being hit with rising water levels causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage.

The Guardian - UK

Weatherwatch: odds shortening on repeat of disastrous 1953 North Sea flood

As sea level rises, chance grows of there being another similar disaster caused by low pressure and a spring tide

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Grant scheme to keep GPs in flood-ravaged Lismore

Healthcare providers in Lismore will receive $5 million in government aid to rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure, replace equipment or move to new premises.

ABC News

Australia sends disaster crew to New Zealand, as death toll from former tropical cyclone rises to nine

A 25-strong disaster crew from Australia will be dispatched to New Zealand's north island, as news wires report another death from former tropical cyclone Gabrielle.

AAP

Australia deploys emergency team to NZ cyclone response

Australia hopes to repay New Zealand for its emergency assistance with bushfires and floods by sending an expert response team in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

AAP

Vic flood victims given marching orders via letters

Flood victims at an emergency accommodation site in Melbourne were told they'd have to move on through a letter, but the government insists they'll be rehoused.

Tribune News Service

US housing market is overvalued by billions due to ignored flood risk

U.S. homes in areas prone to floods may be currently overvalued in the range of $121 billion to $237 billion, according to a report published Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Newsroom.co.nz

Eighth cyclone death confirmed

The eighth victim claimed by Cyclone Gabrielle is reported to be a 59-year-old woman whose body was found in her cottage's roof cavity

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh in path of Storm Otto as powerful gusts of 80mph head to Scotland

The yellow weather warning has been announced by forecasters at the Met Office, as a swirling windstorm makes its way across the central belt of Scotland tomorrow.

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