When the storms come,pull your hat low and set your horse free
Tony Wright’s Column
Regional Australia

When the storms come,pull your hat low and set your horse free

No storm suggested doom for these two. They were preppers,but they were optimists,too.

  • byTony Wright

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Northern beaches,Byron Bay to bear the brunt of worsening disasters

Northern beaches,Byron Bay to bear the brunt of worsening disasters

The NSW Reconstruction Authority has warned that the damages bill for natural disasters will hit $9.1 billion annually if action is not taken.

  • byLaura Chung
75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms
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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJessica McSweeney
SEQ flood clean-up begins but another cyclone may loom

SEQ flood clean-up begins but another cyclone may loom

Yet another tropical cyclone may be brewing off Queensland’s coast barely a week after a severe weather system lashed the state’s north.

  • byLaine Clark,Keira Jenkins andSavannah Meacham
Flood victims told they can apply for hardship payments

Flood victims told they can apply for hardship payments

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.

  • byLaine Clark andMatt Dennien
Government should fund property buy-backs on floodplains:insurers

Government should fund property buy-backs on floodplains:insurers

The Insurance Council says the federal government must spend $250 million a year as natural disasters increase and insurance costs soar.

  • byShane Wright
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Flood warnings for Qld as rain,thunderstorms continue

Flood warnings for Qld as rain,thunderstorms continue

Widespread showers and thunderstorms look set to continue at rain-lashed Queensland regions,sparking flood warnings.

  • byLaine Clark
Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back

Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back

The event that brought widespread flooding to Australia’s east coast is set for a potential shock return,weather models show.

  • byLaura Chung
‘Time bomb’:Call for better dam management at Lake Eildon to reduce flooding risk

‘Time bomb’:Call for better dam management at Lake Eildon to reduce flooding risk

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.

  • byBroede Carmody
‘It looked as if a torpedo had been shot off’:Memorial honours 1974 flood deaths

‘It looked as if a torpedo had been shot off’:Memorial honours 1974 flood deaths

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.

  • byTony Moore
When camping becomes a matter of life and death

When camping becomes a matter of life and death

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.

  • byAngus Dalton