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The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Climate risk in an unfair world

Meg Parsons and Iresh Jayawardena explain why managing climate risk is a complex social justice issue.

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Firefighter dies after being swept into storm drain during devastating flooding

Tre Evans-Dumaran, 24, had been helping residents hit by heavy flooding on the Hawaiian island of Maui when he was sucked into the storm drain and swept 800 yards to the shoreline

Daily Mirror

Essential Dumfries and Galloway Road "littered with massive potholes"

Frustrated residents claim the state the B740 near Sanquhar shows a “whole new level of neglect” by Dumfries and Galloway Council

Daily Record

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Riverland communities welcome reopening of River Murray to more people weeks after SA floods

It's been a long few months for residents and businesses along the SA leg of the mighty Murray, but things are slowly turning around.

ABC News

Clean-up continues after Auckland's deadly flooding

A week on from Auckland flooding, the damage assessment is largely done and emergency management teams are prioritising waste removal.

AAP

Defining braided rivers will help avoid future disasters

Lawmakers are being urged to bridge the legal and scientific divide over braided rivers

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Māori disproportionately exposed to flood risk

As the floodwaters recede in Auckland, modelling commissioned by the Treasury shows the risks of inundation fall unequally across New Zealand.

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The four-wheeled submarines of Auckland

Someone left the Swift out in the rain - insurance agents are overloaded with calls about flood-damaged vehicles

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Panic among people living in landslide prone areas in Ramban's Ramsoo, five families shifted

JAMMU: The district administration of Ramban has shifted 4-5 families from a hilly hamlet Sujmatna in Ramsoo to a safer location after their residential houses became vulnerable to a possible landslide.

The Times of India

Plans for nearly 300 homes could be approved despite flood 'fears'

The plans have attracted controversy for a number of years

Liverpool Echo

WA's Great Northern Highway to reopen after devastating flooding cut road between Broome and Derby

Broome and Derby will be linked again by road — after a fashion — thanks to a speedy effort in demanding conditions to repair long stretches of damage to the Great Northern Highway.

ABC News

About Single-Judge Divisions

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…

Reason

Climate justice and the right to housing are the same fight

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

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Nigeria and Ghana are prone to devastating floods - they could achieve a lot by working together

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

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Roads and tax package for flooded SA

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.

ABC News

Bookpurnong Road to be 'up and running' in a week, as new tax breaks announced for those affected by River Murray floodwaters

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.

ABC News

Flood-ravaged farmers warn of years of recovery ahead in New South Wales' Central West

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

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Auckland’s emergency: a lesson in geography

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.

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Personal trainer from Melbourne donates $15,000 car to Lismore flood survivor

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.

Belfast Live

Heated exchanges as residents leave meeting on Boho flooding frustrated

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

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Another crisis, another responsibility for schools

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

AAP

Murray flooding breaches levee in SA

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

ABC News

East Kimberley businesses pushed to the limit by flood isolation say WA government needs to expand freight subsidies

Businesses dependent on Western Australia’s severely damaged northern road network call for government support to keep their businesses afloat after unprecedented floods.

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Can a sponge city really prevent flooding?

In the aftermath of Auckland's flooding, there's been plenty of talk about sponge cities - but what are they?

Evening Standard

King Charles issues heartfelt tribute to New Zealand following Auckland floods

Four people have died and thousands of homes were damaged following the catastrophic floods in Auckland

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