More than 100 families moved out of flood danger zone

2023-03-10T04:43+0100nationaltribune (en)

Over 100 flood-impacted home settlements have now been finalised under the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund, from the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments. The program allows home-owners who were affected by the floods to sell their home for pre-flood value and move to safer ground.

Mozambique is under water as Freddy, oldest tropical storm ever, comes back

2023-03-09T14:20+0100freshplaza-nl (en)

This week the World Meteorological Organization awarded tropical cyclone Freddy, with its "incredible and dangerous journey" that has been zigzagging between Madagascar and Mozambique for weeks now, the record for the longest-lasting tropical storm on record.

Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding

2023-03-08T00:41+0100bordermail (en)

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Research to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats.

Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding

2023-03-08T00:25+0100maitlandmercury (en)

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Research to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats.

Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding

2023-03-08T00:24+0100portstephensexaminer (en)

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Research to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats.

Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding

2023-03-08T00:21+0100illawarramercury (en)

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Research to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats.

Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding

2023-03-08T00:19+0100dailyadvertiser (en)

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Research to inform the future management of riverine, floodplain and wetland habitats.

Anita Ward

2023-03-06T08:24+0100abc-au (en)

By Anita Ward Carp are the cane toads of Australia n waterways, and in one corner of the Murray-Darling Basin, locals and travellers are casting a line to help reduce their numbers after floods. By Anita Ward While selling dog treats is just the start for Ollie's business success, a regional....

Heatwave conditions and fire dangers in New South Wales, monsoon trough/tropical low in northern Australia

2023-03-06T06:09+0100nationaltribune (en)

Issued: Monday 6 March 2023. Hot, windy and mostly dry conditions are leading to significant fire dangers in eastern and northern New South Wales from today through Wednesday, with a low to severe intensity Heatwave Warning current. Fire dangers reach extreme on Monday and Tuesday, with Fire Weather....

Arlie Felton-Taylor

2023-03-03T00:35+0100abc-au (en)

By and Arlie Felton-Taylor One of Australia 's largest macadamia producers has sold its extensive network of orchards, along with a state-of-the-art cracking, processing and packing facility to an overseas buyer, while retaining the tourism and cafe arm of its family-run business.

New flood boats and trailers boost SES capability

2023-03-02T06:04+0100nationaltribune (en)

The Palaszczuk Government has provided an additional $200,000 in emergency equipment for North Queensland’s State Emergency Service. The Clare and Home Hill (SES) groups received two new Swift Marine flood boats, funded through the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services’ SES Major Equipment Request Scheme.

Australia – Hundreds Evacuate Floods in Northern Territory

2023-03-01T17:41+0100floodlist (en)

Authorities in Australia ’s Northern Territory have ordered the evacuation of communities in the Victoria Daly Region after persistent heavy rain caused rivers to overflow. Flooding at Sandy Creek, NT, Australia, 01 March 2023. Photo: Victoria Daly Regional Council.

The Star donates hotel to support GIVIT flood recovery campaign

2023-03-01T14:47+0100eglobaltravelmedia (en)

The Star Entertainment Group has donated the entire contents from its five-star luxury hotel The Darling to online donation platform GIVIT, including hundreds of new mattresses, designer sofas, dining tables, chairs and desks. The superior quality furniture and household items from all 171 rooms....

Rain triggers anxiety, emotional 'meltdowns' in children who lived through floods, report finds

2023-03-01T08:43+0100abc-au (en)

Royal Far West and UNICEF Australia today launched the joint Children's Needs Assessment report at Wardell one of the northern New South Wales communities hit hard by the flood events in February and March last year. The report is the first step in a $4.

Interconnected hydrologic extreme drivers and impacts depicted by remote sensing data assimilation

2023-02-28T14:09+0100nature-Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences (en)

The magnitude of the soil moisture anomalies is greater in the SMAP soil moisture DA and the multivariate DA cases by late spring (Fig. 3 c). The DA simulation also begins to capture drying conditions later in the summer, with the progression of summer soil moisture anomalies consistent with station observations shown in Fig.

Govt invested heaps on natural disaster responses but ‘little’ on prevention and planning

2023-02-28T05:30+0100news_com_au (en)

The government invested a lot of money into responses to natural disasters but “little” in the prevention and planning phases for preparation against them, according to the NSW Flood Inquiry Report’s co-Author Mick Fuller. “I think before this weather event and probably on the tail of the terrible....

Govt invested heaps on natural disaster responses but ‘little’ on prevention and planning

2023-02-28T05:26+0100couriermail (en)

The government invested a lot of money into responses to natural disasters but “little” in the prevention and planning phases for preparation against them, according to the NSW Flood Inquiry Report’s co-Author Mick Fuller. “I think before this weather event and probably on the tail of the terrible....

Govt invested heaps on natural disaster responses but ‘little’ on prevention and planning

2023-02-28T05:22+0100qt (en)

The government invested a lot of money into responses to natural disasters but “little” in the prevention and planning phases for preparation against them, according to the NSW Flood Inquiry Report’s co-Author Mick Fuller. “I think before this weather event and probably on the tail of the terrible....

Mould, builder shortages and no timeframes to return home: One year on from Brisbane's devastating floods

2023-02-27T22:09+0100abc-au (en)

The water has receded, the debris cleared, the mud washed away. But one year on from the flood disaster that struck Brisbane in February 2022, the nightmare continues for victims. Key points: Almost a quarter of insurance claims filed after the 2022 floods are ongoing; The Insurance Council of....

27.02.2023 Mozambique - Avo and banana farmers keep wary eye on record-breaking Cyclone Freddy Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane in Mozambique in its path.

2023-02-27T19:07+0100agroinsurance (en)

Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane in Mozambique in its path. The South African Weather Service reports that winds are currently between 89 and 117km/h and....

27.02.2023 Mozambique - Avo and banana farmers keep wary eye on record-breaking Cyclone Freddy Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane in Mozambique in its path.

2023-02-27T18:32+0100agroinsurance-en (en)

Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane in Mozambique in its path. The South African Weather Service reports that winds are currently between 89 and 117km/h and....

MIL-OSI Australia: Building back better in northern NSW

2023-02-27T07:40+0100foreignaffairs-nz (en)

Source: New South Wales Transport. Following last year’s devastating floods, $312.5 million was committed by the Albanese and Perrottet Toole Governments to help rebuild damaged roads and transport infrastructure for 26 disaster-declared councils in northern NSW, with successful projects announced today.

MIL-OSI Australia: Building back better in northern New South Wales

2023-02-27T04:10+0100foreignaffairs-nz (en)

Source: Australia n Ministers for Regional Development. Following last year’s devastating floods, $312.5 million was committed by the Albanese and Perrottet Toole Governments to help rebuild damaged roads and transport infrastructure for 26 disaster-declared councils in northern NSW, with successful projects announced today.

Community that saved itself still in 'long, hard slog' to recovery

2023-02-26T23:54+01009news (en)

In the void left by inadequate and largely absent emergency services , Lismore's Tinny Army pulled off what could be considered one of Australia 's greatest search and rescue missions. In the dark of night, as rain poured down and against the orders of authorities, locals took to their tinnys,....

5 deadly natural disasters: How S’pore helped

2023-02-25T22:22+0100straitstimesSG (en)

SINGAPORE – A 68-member Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) team helped with rescue operations in Turkey after a massive earthquake on Feb 6. The Straits Times looks at how Singapore has helped in five of the worst natural disasters in the past 20 years. 1. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 4184: Comprehensive Case Study on the Ecologically Sustainable Design of Urban Parks Based on the Sponge City Concept in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

2023-02-25T11:19+0100mdpi (en)

In 2014, China’s “2014 Work Highlights of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development” clearly stated: “Improve the level of urban drainage and waterlogging prevention, vigorously promote the low-impact development (LID) and construction model, and speed....

Avo and banana farmers in Mozambique keep wary eye on record-breaking Cyclone Freddy

2023-02-24T14:31+0100freshplaza-nl (en)

Cyclone Freddy, now downgraded to a tropical storm, has had an unusually long life as it makes landfall between Vilankulos and Maxixe, with the provinces of Sofala and Inhambane in Mozambique. in its path. The South African Weather Service reports that winds are currently between 89 and 117km/h and....