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The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is

The Treasury is considering whether a public re-insurance scheme should protect homes from climate flooding, with the Government to agree next steps by the end of the year.

Three years of unrelenting rain for inland New South Wales has some farmers wishing the water away, despite coming off the back of drought.

"I am going to have to be carried down out of here"

Storm in 2012 had devastating impact on US’s biggest city but insufficient government action risks a repeat, demonstrators say

Residents in four states have been put on alert for wild weather, which could cause more problems in flood-affected communities.

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by freelance journalists Neeraj Priyadarshy and Prashant Pandey. 

Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead. As many as 60 villagers in a southern province are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide, officials said.

Philippine officials say flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains have left at least 47 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers were feared to be missing and buried in a deluge of rainwater, mud, rocks and trees