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Victoria’s plans for engineered wetlands on the Murray are environmentally dubious. Here’s a better option

Governments love the idea of a win-win – even when it doesn’t exist. That’s why Victoria has been spending millions on planning “red gum irrigation ponds” – essentially, engineered wetlands along the River Murray. These wetlands are designed to save some red gum ecosystems, leave many others to decline, and…

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Fear and Wonder podcast: how climate change is affecting rainfall, droughts and floods

“The wet gets wetter and the dry gets drier”.

The Conversation

Bacteria skyrockets to 100 times beyond safe levels in some Fort Lauderdale canals after historic flooding

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale — known as the “Venice of America” for its many waterways — was marred by water dirtier than a toilet during last week’s historical flooding.

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King tides could slow drainage, cause additional flooding in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — King tides have returned to South Florida, adding another burden to the area’s drainage system after last week’s floods.

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Tulare Lake floods California

Draining the lake allowed agriculture to thrive, but left the region vulnerable to floods

Salon

An immigrant farmer grew produce for restaurants. California floods ruined her crops

Government aid programs, set up to favor corporate farms, are out of reach to those who supply farmers markets and eateries

The Guardian - US

Climate change could make freak events like Fort Lauderdale’s rain bomb more common

MIAMI — Fort Lauderdale’s flood was worse than any hurricane in local memory, unmatched by anything on the record books and happened faster and harder than anyone planned or prepared for.

Miami Herald

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Editorial: Drought and flood, California’s double whammy

Just as federal officials were laying out alternative scenarios last week for steep water supply cuts from the Colorado River due to the drying Southwest, California officials were warning that this year’s historic Sierra snowpack could flood much of the state later this year.

Los Angeles Times

Decades-long connection to shack tested as retiree shares toll of once in a lifetime flood

Lynton and Jane Harding have a lifetime of memories at their riverfront shack and after 42 years decided to retire there permanently. But a major flood has left the couple, and the town, picking up the pieces.

ABC News

Weather alerts become a lifesaver

Weather alerts can save lives — but you have to have a good internet connection

Salon

Family's holiday turned into nightmare in hotel with mould, sick and toenails

The Pugsley family's break in the famed seaside resort of Blackpool quickly got off to a bad start when they were told the hotel they were staying at had been hit by flood damage

Daily Mirror

Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising

To get a sense of the enormous amount of water atmospheric rivers dumped on the Western U.S. this year and the magnitude of the flood risk ahead, take a look at California’s Central Valley, where about a quarter of the nation’s food is grown.

The Conversation

San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: An epic Sierra snowmelt

CORCORAN, Calif. — Tom Barcellos has farmed the reclaimed soil of the Tulare Lake Basin for nearly five decades, and he’s rarely witnessed a winter like 2023.

Los Angeles Times

California’s ‘big melt’ has begun and could bring perilous flooding with it

The snowpack contains enough water to fill downstream reservoirs ‘multiple times over’, which could mean a rapid runoff

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Residents claim some insurance companies 'dragging their feet' six months after Rochester flooding

The flood-damaged community in Central Victoria is hurting, as the reality of frustrating delays and a lack of support services takes its toll.

The Independent UK

Airport looks to open as South Florida floods slowly recede

Drivers are being urged to use caution when navigating the streets of Fort Lauderdale after days of unrelenting rain left roads underwater and forced the closure of one of South Florida’s largest airports

AAP

Water utility to update modelling after Melbourne flood

Flood modelling will be updated by Melbourne's water authority which admits the Maribyrnong rose faster than predicted before hundreds of homes were flooded.

The Independent UK

Snowmelt leads to heavy flooding from Southwest to Rockies

A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing residents there and in the Upper Midwest to stock up on sandbags amid surging creeks and rivers

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Historic rain and flooding results in 820 auto insurance claims in Florida so far — and that’s just one company

Auto insurance claims are already being reported by South Florida residents whose vehicles were inundated by this week’s historic flooding.

ABC News

Council warns Maribyrnong River flood victims could be exposed to future disasters

As residents along Melbourne's Maribyrnong River attempt to rebuild after last year's shocking floods, their local council fears they could be setting themselves up for future devastation with "like-for-like" rebuilds in the flood-prone area.

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‘There was no warning’: South Florida emerges after life-threatening flash flooding

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the waterline rose toward the front door of his home in Fort Lauderdale’s Edgewood community, Paul Guerrero, 58, wasn’t worried yet. He, his wife and his 31-year-old son placed towels under their doors, just in case.

Axios

Fort Lauderdale flooded as South Florida hit by over two feet of rainfall

"This is a life threatening situation," the National Weather Service in Miami warned.

Tribune News Service

South Florida struggling to emerge from ‘life-threatening’ floods

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Drivers were stuck in cars, travelers were stranded at the airport, streets were impassable, school and court were canceled and a man was spotted swimming through a downtown Fort Lauderdale street as South Florida started to emerge from what one city is calling a 50-year rain…

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Flash Flood Emergency Reported In Fort Lauderdale As Heavy Rain Drenches South Florida

A stormy period forecast for the southeast United States began on Wednesday, as a flash flooding emergency hit South Florida

Bristol Post

'Risk' to Chocolate Path reopening due to urgent flood defence work, says mayor

Bristol City Council cabinet approved £1.75million to upgrade Underfall Yard sluice gates beneath the pedestrian and cycleway

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