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Hundreds Evacuated As Flood Disaster Unfolds In Northeastern Australia

Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns.

International Business Times

Hundreds evacuated as floods ravage northeastern Australia

More than 14,000 properties are without power due to heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

Al Jazeera

North Queensland's record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what's to come under climate change

Unprecedented rain brought by Tropical Cyclone Jasper has triggered widespread flooding in far north Queensland, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.

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Storm drenches Florida and causes floods in South Carolina as it moves up East Coast

A late-year storm has unleashed heavy rain and gusty winds as it barrels up the East Coast

The Independent UK

Heroic flood rescues as town evacuation postponed

The wet weather has not been able to stop heroic rescues across far north Queensland after the evacuation of a flooded town was postponed.

AAP

Cyclone Michaung: T.N. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launches cash assistance of ₹6,000 for flood-affected families

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday, December 17, launched the distribution of ₹6,000 each to families that have been affected by Cyclone Michaung. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian, CMDA and HR and CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu and Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan were present

The Hindu

Queensland facing days of life-threatening flash floods

Cairns is experiencing "life-threatening" flash-flooding due to ex-cyclone Jasper, while a young girl fights for her life after being struck by lightning.

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SEPA issues regional flood alerts across Scotland as heavy rain forecasted

Five regional flood alerts have been issued across Scotland as heavy rain is forecast over the weekend.

The National (Scotland)

Opportune moment to rediscover Chennai’s hydrology

Chennai city and the CMA can be saved from floods and, at the same time, get round the clock water supply if key steps are followed truthfully and scientifically

The Hindu

Chennai floods: Central team’s endorsement shows we functioned efficiently, says Stalin

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin hails Central team's endorsement of govt's efficient performance in handling Cyclone Michaung & Chennai floods.

The Hindu

Downstream of Thottappally spillway channel and ‘pozhi’ will be deepened to ensure flow of floodwaters to sea: CM

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announces deepening & widening of Thottappally spillway channel & 'pozhi' to prevent flooding in Kuttanad.

The Hindu

Cyclone Michaung | Tamil Nadu Police rescued 1.16 lakh people stranded in flood waters, says DGP

Tamil Nadu police rescued 1,16,592 people stranded in flood waters after Cyclone Michaung struck Chennai & 3 northern districts. 18,000 police personnel trained in disaster management equipped with 175 boats. 3,034 SOS calls received & action monitored by senior police officers.

The Hindu

OPINION - Prepare for the great floods of London if we don't wake up to climate change

Londoners aren’t used to wild weather — it reaches us in pieces, through gaps in buildings. So when thunder rolled around central London on Tuesday, we sat in silence, listening. Several of us went to the soaked window of the London Library to watch the wind bothering the trees in…

Evening Standard

Flooding expected across Scotland this weekend amid Met Office heavy rain warning

The Met Office has warned residents to brace for flooding and travel disruption after it issued a yellow rain alert for Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

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Ex-Cyclone Jasper: warning of ‘life-threatening’ flooding as storm batters far north Queensland

More than 36,000 homes without power but BoM downgrades storm to tropical low despite warning of more rain and high winds

International Business Times

Cyclone Jasper Makes Landfall In Australia

Tropical Cyclone Jasper hit northeast Australia Wednesday, leaving thousands of people in coastal communities without power and preparing for potentially "life-threatening" floods.

The Conversation

Our cities will need to harvest stormwater in an affordable and green way – here's how

When it rains, stormwater runs down surfaces like streets and parking lots and into drains. Most of the time, we see it as a problem because it can cause floods. Recent storms across eastern Australia created huge amounts of stormwater and flooding.

The Guardian - AU

‘First line of defence’: mangroves – and mitigation - lost in Fiji’s tourism development

Mangroves, vital in protecting villages from environmental disasters, have been destroyed to build luxury hotels

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Evening Standard

Abbey Wood: Heavy rain causes people to abandon their cars as flood alert issued for River Thames

Cars left stranded as roads in Abbey Wood and Plumstead flooded

The Hindu

Tackling Chennai’s flood problem

The scale of floods in Chennai may be different in 2023, but the problem areas are the same

Salon

Flooding linked to 150,000 infant deaths

New research links more than 150,000 infant deaths to 30 monsoons in the South Asian country

The National (Scotland)

Flood alerts issued across Scotland as yellow weather warning expanded

FLOOD alerts have been issued across Scotland with the Met Office also expanding yellow weather warnings.

AAP

Shelter warning as Cyclone Jasper bears down on coast

People are bunkering down and authorities are on high alert as Tropical Cyclone Jasper crosses the Queensland coast as a category 2 system.

The Independent UK

Millennial Money: Would your documents survive a disaster? What to protect and how to do it

Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise

The Hindu

State government mulling over 2 options to address flooding in southern areas of Chennai

Govt contemplates two options to address Velachery flooding: "cut and cover" channel & regular dredging of Pallikaranai marsh. 2005 plan estimated at ₹63 crore, revised to ₹131.9 crore in 2010. 2012 plan dropped due to land acquisition cost. 2021 govt gave undertaking to HC not to dredge except to remove…

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