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Beset by bureaucracy, Resilience NSW and its head Shane Fitzsimmons have been axed in favour of a new authority tasked with rebuilding after natural disasters.

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Help wanted for SA Murray recovery

Volunteering SA is urging people to register to help over the coming months with the clean-up after the Murray River floods.

AAP

Former RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons made redundant from Resilience NSW

The former NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner is axed by the government after heavy criticism of Resilience NSW's response to the flood emergency earlier this year.

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Transport infrastructure's link to climate change

Since September, heavy rainfalls and floods have devastated many parts of Thailand, affecting nearly 40% of the country. Roads were closed, transport was disrupted. Standing in knee-deep waters, the navy helped carry the elderly and vulnerable, while others resorted to boats for transportation.

Bangkok Post

Postcode pricing hikes up home insurance costs for properties outside flood zones

Home owners across the country say hefty increases on their home insurance premiums are "inequitable" because they don't live on flood-prone properties.

ABC News

Farm families forced apart by 'forgotten flood', as fears for mental health grow

Many children have spent weeks separated from at least one parent as families in flood-ravaged communities juggle work, school and farm life. Here's how a group of mums and some 'floody buddies' are easing the trauma.

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Christmas presents 'bob up and down' as couple's flat floods with sewage - again

Frances Spanner and Tony King fear they'll spend Christmas with "no home and no hope" after the flooding gutted their home a second time in Herne Bay Kent and destroyed their renovation works

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Pakistan signs $475 million flood loan deal with ADB

Pakistan has signed a $475 million loan agreement for flood relief with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the country's economic affairs minister said on Thursday, taking the total for the year to $2.7 billion with the agency.

Reuters

Palmwoods residents 'horrified' as earthworks begin for townhouse development on floodplain

Palmwoods residents have reacted with shock and anger over the clearing of a large parcel of land close to the town's centre, on a site they say has flooded three times this year.

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Just months before Lisa's home was destroyed by floods, her insurer refused to renew her policy

As extreme weather increases the threat to homes, insurance companies are hiking premiums to unaffordable levels or simply refusing to provide cover at all.

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NSW Health apologises for billing Eugowra flood victims for helicopter rescues

Local leaders condemn ‘insensitive cruelty’ as residents remain shaken after weather event likened to an inland tsunami

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Couple with 'no hope' faces Christmas in Airbnb after flat flooded with sewage

Frances Spanner and Tony King are forking out for the second year in a row to stay in alternative accommodation over the festive period after heavy rain destroyed their flat in Central Parade, Herne Bay, Kent

Daily Mirror

River Murray floods are causing havoc — but there's a silver lining for the environment

Australia is a country of droughts and flooding rains — and that contrast is nowhere more starkly illustrated at the moment than SA's Riverland, where water is seeping into desiccated landscapes for the first time in decades.

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Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual

Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like flooding and drowning take place, it may seem inappropriate to speak of the scarcity and commodity of water. For example,…

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THAT’S GREAT: Thanks To All The Floods, Apparently We Are Now In The Midst Of A Snake Plague

First the mouse plague, now this?

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Helicopter rescue bills issued to Eugowra residents after deadly flood to be waived

Several victims of the Eugowra flood, including a child and an 87-year-old man, were billed more than $1,000 by NSW Ambulance after they were winched to safety during the sudden devastation in November.

Bristol Post

Environment Agency objects to Bedminster Green flats on flooding grounds

Part of the project is to uncover the River Malago, but then it might flood

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NSW government commits $200m to flood package to improve emergency responses

The state's emergency agencies will receive more flood rescue boats and training to avoid a repeat of the deadly Northern Rivers flood this year, where people were stranded on rooftops and left to rely on the "tinny army".

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NSW spends $200m to boost flood response

NSW will bolster its flood-rescue capabilities after criticism of the state's response to a series of major inundations.

France 24

More than 120 killed in floods in DR Congo's capital Kinshasa

More than 120 people were killed Tuesday as the worst floods in years battered DR Congo's capital Kinshasa following an all-night downpour, authorities said in a provisional assessment.

The Guardian - AU

The ‘silent killer’ of flooding: Murray River fish in dire straits as water quality drops

Scientists fear an ecological disaster is playing out in parts of the river because of ‘alarmingly’ low dissolved oxygen levels

AAP

Woman reunited with Victorian flood heroes

A woman swept away by raging waters during recent Victorian floods has been reunited with the first responders who saved her life.

ABC News

Flooding impacts commute for Riverland residents, as SA government secures accommodation

The state government says it has secured more than 22,000 nights of accommodation for those impacted by the flood event, but residents are feeling the pinch as waters rise.

AAP

Call to visit SA Riverland despite floods

Tourists should continue to visit South Australia's Riverland, the premier says, despite the Murray flooding that's affecting thousands of properties.

The Independent UK

Millions in central US brace for snow, rain and floods

A massive winter storm blowing across the center of the United States on Monday is threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding

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