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NSW parliamentary inquiry: Paid emergency crews should lead flood responses, not SES

A parliamentary inquiry is told control over major disaster responses should be handed to paid professionals, such as Fire and Rescue NSW, rather than the volunteer-driven State Emergency Service.

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It's time to come clean on Lismore's future. People and businesses have to relocate away from the floodplains

More than three months after the monster floods wrecked much of Lismore, there is still no clarity for the town’s residents and businesses who urgently need to make investment decisions. Should they move to higher ground, make temporary fixes, or renovate for the long haul?

The Conversation

Massive Yellowstone flooding and destruction force park to close, tourist evacuation

Tourists in Yellowstone National Park are being evacuated and all of the entrance gates are closed, rangers said.

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Flooding at Yellowstone National Park sweeps away a bridge and washes out roads

All entrances are closed at Yellowstone National Park after major flooding swept away at least one bridge, washed away roads and set off mudslides.

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Severe flooding triggers mudslides in northern California, washing out Dixie Fire burn scar

A nearly 50-mile stretch of Highway 70 in the area remains closed

The Independent UK

Yellowstone entries closed for flooding, visitors evacuated

Major flooding swept away at least one bridge, washed away roads and set off mudslides in Yellowstone National Park on Monday

The Independent UK

Yellowstone National Park entrances closed due to "unprecedented" rain and floods

The park will not allow inbound visitor traffic to any entrance on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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SA Murray River shack owners brace for flooding as water flow increases from La Niña events

Murray River shack owners have started to prepare for flooding as river flows increase and dams hit capacity. But the clouds have come with a silver lining for the local avifauna.

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Tony and Diane got flood insurance just before their home was inundated, but were too late

The couple's new flood insurance costs them $7,000 a year. They're struggling to pay it and they're not alone, with insurance affordability around the country predicted to get worse.

ABC News

Mum called 'mean' and 'rude' for suggesting 'no gift policy' at children's birthday party

The mum said she didn't want getting a 'flood of presents' to become the norm for her child

Liverpool Echo

Amazon divers find backpack and laptop where Dom Phillips vanished

Part of the forest is flooded

Wales Online

Lismore to get incident centre in more than $130 million funding boost for NSW SES

Lismore will get a new incident control centre in an effort to ramp up the NSW State Emergency Service's presence in the Northern Rivers in the wake of this year's devastating floods.

ABC News

Residents fight to stop 'drama' unfolding new homes proposed on green space in South Bristol

The residential homes would breach the protective covenant

Bristol Post

Mary River rehabilitation after flood erosion is on track thanks to Kenilworth community will

It's taken two decades, $2.5 million and the commitment of dozens of people, but an erosion-control project in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is proof that terribly degraded riverbanks can be repaired.

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Lismore residents whose homes were covered in oil from Boral asphalt depot after floods left with daunting clean up

Months after deadly floods inundated large parts of New South Wales, people in South Lismore are left with homes covered in a sticky oily residue from a disused construction site.

Reuters

Footage of women's beating sparks outrage in China

Surveillance footage of men assaulting women at a restaurant in the northeastern city of Tangshan has unleashed a flood of outrage on Chinese social media, prompting state media calls for punishment and renewing a debate over the treatment of women.

Newcastle Herald

Push to cut the red tape to make Charlestown the city's next boomtown

Stumbling blocks to development in Charlestown's CBD could be knocked over as Lake Macquarie City Council looks to open the flood gates to growth.

Newcastle Herald

From $1900 to $13,200: Hunter homeowner's insurance premium pain

His annual premium was listed at $13,218 after paying $1936 the previous year.

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Homeland star David Harewood begs Brits to help solve child poverty crisis

David Harewood choked back tears as he told of his meeting with 11-year-old Hassan, a Bangladeshi street kid who lost his father, two brothers and sister in a freak flood

The Hindu

Watch | Why does Assam flood every year?

A video explaining why Assam experiences flooding year after year, the factors that lead to it and the measures taken by the State government

Liverpool Echo

Work begins on controversial £10m flood wall some think will 'ruin' promenade

Some think the wall will destroy the current beauty of the promenade

The Denver Post

Why flooding could be more common in Colorado this summer

DENVER — When rain falls, if it does, Colorado faces a rising risk of flooding, mudslides and rockfalls — like those that closed Interstate 70 last year — due to an “expanding bull's-eye” of barren, scorched and less-stable terrain.

The Guardian - AU

‘Triple La Niña’: Australia may face another summer of flooding rains, US expert warns

Scientists are watching an area in Pacific Ocean that has been unusually cool – a signal current La Niña could linger

The Hindu

Officials told to be prepared to tackle flood

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10 killed, village buried, as heavy flooding continues across south and central China

Historic downpours in central and southern China are damaging villages and displacing more than 200,000, with more heavy rain expected.

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