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'It takes time': Premier defends Lismore buyback scheme

Many people in the flood-devastated NSW Northern Rivers still don't have a home, the premier has conceded as a house buyback scheme makes its first offer.

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What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done

Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems – such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors – need more space to function properly. Sometimes they assert their underlying presence through land subsidence, floods and fires. As Margaret Cook…

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Alice Springs to begin flood-mitigation designs, six years after report recommendations

The Northern Territory will begin design work for flood-mitigation action for Alice Springs that modelling suggests would help protect some residents from the effects of flooding.

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Wild storms spark hundreds of calls for help

Storms and strong winds have lashed Sydney and the NSW central coast, causing flash flooding, felling trees and leaving homes powerless.

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Parliament probe to 'shine a light' on Victorian floods

The Victorian coalition and Greens have joined forces to set up a parliamentary inquiry into last year's floods after criticism of the Maribyrnong River review.

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NSW Resilient Homes buybacks begin in Northern Rivers but anxious residents feel 'no certainty'

While homeowners receive "formal offers" in the highest-risk flood zones, some residents say "vague" information has them "confused" and lacking certainty about their future.

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Wild storms lash parts of Sydney and the Central Coast

The SES has responded to hundreds of calls for help in Sydney and surrounds after intense thunderstorms caused flash flooding, felled trees and powerlines.

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Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pain for Queenslanders

It’s almost a year since floods devastated parts of Ipswich in Southeast Queensland.

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Floods have barely receded and already the self-serving calls: Build, baby, build

Let’s build for that future, not a repetition of the past, writes public and private sector director Rob Campbell.

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Don't red-zone cyclone regions – disaster offers us the chance to put things right

The Cyclone Gabrielle and flooding recovery is not just a rebuilding project – it's an opportunity for reconciliation, restoration and renewal.

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Piha’s gravity-defying waters take on formerly crowded house

The inundation of Neil Finn's property in Piha suggests the council's flood risk data is giving people a false sense of security.

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Flemington racecourse flood wall the focus as Coalition and Greens unite to force inquiry

Opposition set to move for an investigation into how prepared Victoria was for last year’s flooding crisis

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How to Prepare For a Hurricane and Other Natural Disasters

As worries about hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other natural disasters accelerate, here are some key steps to take to get ready for whatever might come your way.

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Newcastle's inner city parking woes loomed long before Supercars

The influx of builders working on various big projects means there has been a flood of trades all needing parking, but spaces are limited.

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Flood lessons from Australia

A look at what Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now.

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Homeless flood victims plead for urgent Govt help to retreat from devastated houses

West Auckland flood victims are working together to persuade ministers to set in place a compensation scheme to enable the managed retreat from homes they are too fearful to live in again. Jonathan Milne reports.

Manchester Evening News

Met Office issues flood warnings across UK after Storm Otto hits

Some parts of the country are at risk of flooding

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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.

The Conversation

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…

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Pistol and shotgun aimed at flood traffic staff

Abuse of flood traffic workers in Hawkes Bay reached the point where two staff had a pistol and sawn off shotgun pointed towards them.

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Hawkes Bay's animal saviours

Bonnie Sumner visits the bustling sanctuary for flood-hit Hawkes Bay animals and finds a nationwide effort to save and care for them

The Guardian - AU

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

Belfast Live

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

Daily Mirror

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

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