No storm suggested doom for these two. They were preppers,but they were optimists,too.
The NSW Reconstruction Authority has warned that the damages bill for natural disasters will hit $9.1 billion annually if action is not taken.
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.
Yet another tropical cyclone may be brewing off Queensland’s coast barely a week after a severe weather system lashed the state’s north.
The premier said damage assessments were being carried out on hundreds of properties north of Brisbane,where residents woke to find their homes had been damaged in flash flooding.
The Insurance Council says the federal government must spend $250 million a year as natural disasters increase and insurance costs soar.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms look set to continue at rain-lashed Queensland regions,sparking flood warnings.
The event that brought widespread flooding to Australia’s east coast is set for a potential shock return,weather models show.
Central Victorians want more flexible water storage targets at Lake Eildon so there is a buffer zone during wetter-than-usual months. But there’s a catch.
Fifty years ago,Brisbane experienced a flood that shook awake a growing capital city built on a flood plain. On Sunday,two of the 16 deaths linked to Brisbane’s 1974 flood will be remembered.
A man and a woman appeared at the campsite of Michelle and Nicola. The distraught visitors asked for a phone. It’s a sign that going bush is becoming increasingly dangerous.