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How to protect your home–and your wallet–against natural disasters

Earthquakes, tornados, floods, and fires: Often, the less obvious risks cause the most damage to our homes.

Fortune

Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland

CORCORAN, Calif. — Sixth Avenue used to cut through miles of farmland. Now, the road has disappeared under muddy water, its path marked by sodden telephone poles that protrude from the swelling lake. Water laps just below the windows of a lone farmhouse that sits alongside the submerged route.

Los Angeles Times

Flood-ruined WA bridge to be rebuilt six times stronger

A longer, sturdier bridge will be built over WA's Fitzroy River after unprecedented flooding washed away the old one in January, cutting a key transport route.

AAP

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After the Mickleham quarantine hub was used for flood victims, documents show violence and drug use were rife

Documents obtained by the ABC under Freedom of Information record dozens of incidents involving violence and drugs at a former COVID-19 quarantine facility used to house flood victims.

ABC News

California farmers flood fields to boost groundwater basin

With water gushing through California’s rivers, some farmers have started devoting a portion of their land to capture these flows and let them seep into the ground

The Independent UK

Polish, Romanian PMs ask EU for mechanism to trace Ukraine grain exports

Romania and Poland are in talks with the European Commission over export tracing mechanisms for Ukrainian grains to ensure local farmers are not hurt by a flood of cheap imports, the Polish and Romanian prime ministers said on Tuesday.

Reuters

The cure for winter flooding might be in this swamp — if California actually funds it

Matt Kaminski stood on a road scarcely higher than the floodplain, glassy pools on all sides stretched out like something from a dream. In the distance, a storm lumbered over the Coast Ranges.

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The environment is flourishing post floods, but experts warn support must be ongoing

Environmental experts are calling for more help to allow Murray-Darling Basin wetlands to thrive long after the recession of floodwater.

ABC News

Nambucca River causes massive problems for oyster grower with three floods, sewage spills

One natural disaster can be a massive setback for a business, but oyster grower James Ford has endured three, which left his lease contaminated by sewage as well.

ABC News

Soggy outlook as sweeping cloudband smothers Australia

Vast blankets of cloud will smother much of Australia this week, bringing rain – and possibly floods – to every state and territory.

The New Daily

Minister weighs Auckland housing density delay

Environment Minister David Parker is considering an Auckland Council request to delay planning changes for more intense housing in the city - and his ministry is seeking more information on the post-flooding proposal.

Newsroom.co.nz

Okavango Delta residents worry over low flood water levels

Livelihoods, wildlife depending on the river at risk amid growing impacts of climate change

The Independent UK

Residents of new Baltic Wharf flats would have to be rescued in a flood, experts warn

The Environment Agency says the new homes planned for the Harbourside could pose a 'risk to life'

Bristol Post

They grow America’s strawberries. A vicious flood made them climate migrants

California immigrant farm workers bore the brunt of this winter’s extreme weather – yet have scant resources to put their lives back together

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South Australia’s wildlife flourishing after floods

Recent flooding down the Murray in South Australia is now bringing significant environmental benefits with birds, fish and other species thriving.

Daily Mirror

Inside the UK's most flooded town where streets are often awash with 'mud and debris'

Floods have cost the Cornish town of Looe an estimated £39million of damage between 2012 and 2017, with almost all the businesses in the town affected by the water surge

Newcastle Herald

Thunderstorm watch for the Hunter as 'unsettled' weather pattern sets in

HUNTER residents will be on thunderstorm watch for the next two days as an "unsettled" weather system sets in.

Los Angeles Times

‘We’ve lost the aqueduct’: How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline

OLANCHA, Calif. — For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.

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Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

The world's worst cyclones hit Bangladesh. Floods are devastating. Yet death tolls are falling. The country's climate disaster strategies offer lessons for all coastal communities.

The Guardian - US

There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other

When my country, Pakistan, flooded last year, women faced particular suffering. That’s true around the world

ABC News

Wetlands Revival Trust, a conservation-minded group of farmers, build a wildlife haven in a swamp

Not-for-profit Wetlands Revival Trust is working with traditional owners and community to protect and restore ecologically-significant wetlands in the southern Murray-Darling Basin.

The Guardian - AU

My Cyclone Diary: amid the cleanup, the true meaning of home and community emerges

In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their lives

Los Angeles Times

In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers.

Tribune News Service

Many migrants who flooded into NYC are ‘on the edge of despair’ as they struggle to find work — and stability

NEW YORK — Jesus O. was a skilled HVAC technician and business owner in Venezuela who thought his skills would easily secure him work when he came to New York last October amid a flood of migrants flowing into New York.

The Guardian - AU

‘Spectacular’ spiny crayfish samples recovered amid Lismore floods key to mapping species

Australia Museum says 20-year-old collection will help understand and conserve threatened animals, which are sensitive to climate change

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