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Spain's biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation

Spain's biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation

Spain is dealing with Europe's worst flooding disaster in 57 years, with 214 people killed and dozens still missing as the army is deployed to clean up.

Massive flood recovery in Spain as death toll hits 211

Massive flood recovery in Spain as death toll hits 211

Massive flood recovery in Spain as death toll hits 211

Massive flood recovery in Spain as death toll hits 211

Spain is mounting its biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as the death toll from catastrophic floods continues to rise.

Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain

Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain

Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain

Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain

Crews are searching for bodies in stranded cars as people try to salvage what they can from ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain.

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Search for bodies after flood claims 95 lives in Spain

Search for bodies after flood claims 95 lives in Spain

Dozens of Spanish towns look as if they've been hit by a tsunami after monstrous flash floods killed at least 95 people and left an unknown number missing.

Dozens die in devastating flash floods in Spain

Dozens die in devastating flash floods in Spain

At least 62 people have been killed in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for decades after torrential rain left roads and towns in the east under water.

Dire warning on Australia's disaster response readiness

Dire warning on Australia's disaster response readiness

Australia's emergency response system is in need of widespread reform if the nation is to keep up with the growing threat of natural disasters.

Rising sea levels to hit economy like a lockdown wave

Rising sea levels to hit economy like a lockdown wave

The economic impact of rising sea levels would be in the hundreds of billions of dollars for Victoria without proper action, a state inquiry has been told.

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Building bans and buybacks floated for flood zones

Building bans and buybacks floated for flood zones

Building bans and buybacks floated for flood zones

Building bans and buybacks floated for flood zones

A federal investigation into flood insurance failures urges an end to building in high-risk areas and government intervention to stop skyrocketing premiums.

Motorists urged to stay home instead as storms build

Motorists urged to stay home instead as storms build

Motorists urged to stay home instead as storms build

Motorists urged to stay home instead as storms build

A huge cold front sweeping Australia's southeast is bringing wild storms, giant hail and damaging winds as it meets a humid, unstable air mass.

More than 160 dead as Hurricane Helene cleanup goes on

More than 160 dead as Hurricane Helene cleanup goes on

More than 160 dead as Hurricane Helene cleanup goes on

More than 160 dead as Hurricane Helene cleanup goes on

As the death toll rises to more than 160 people, US southeastern states are facing a very long recovery from Hurricane Helene.

Flood risk downgraded as wild weather eases

Flood risk downgraded as wild weather eases

Flood risk downgraded as wild weather eases

Flood risk downgraded as wild weather eases

Flood warnings have been downgraded along the NSW north coast, giving locals a reprieve from the wild winds and heavy rains that smashed the region.

Thousands of homes in blackout after destructive winds

Thousands of homes in blackout after destructive winds

Thousands of homes in blackout after destructive winds

Thousands of homes in blackout after destructive winds

Thousands of households along NSW's north coast face a night without power following damaging winds and heavy rain which has triggered flood warnings.

Lane closed: Road to recovery bound by red tape

Lane closed: Road to recovery bound by red tape

Lane closed: Road to recovery bound by red tape

Lane closed: Road to recovery bound by red tape

With the two-year anniversary approaching for some of Victoria's worst floods on record, many councils are still begging for recovery funding.

Myanmar flooding kills at least 74 with 89 missing

Myanmar flooding kills at least 74 with 89 missing

Myanmar flooding kills at least 74 with 89 missing

Myanmar flooding kills at least 74 with 89 missing

Heavy flooding has hit Myanmar with more than 65,000 houses destroyed, according to officials.

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Disaster alert: the areas at higher risk of flood, fire

Australia's emergency management teams are preparing for severe spring weather, with parts of the nation set for higher-than-average fire and flood risk.

Floods, landslides hit Vietnam as typhoon toll hits 197

Asia's strongest typhoon on 2024 has killed at least 197 people in Vietnam with 128 others missing.

River floods Hanoi as Typhoon Yagi leaves 179 dead

Asia's strongest typhoon on 2024 has killed at least 179 people in Vietnam and forced thousands to flee their homes as a swollen river floods the capital.

Floods inundate north Vietnam as typhoon toll climbs

At least 65 people have been killed by landslides and floods in Vietnam as the most powerful storm to hit Asia in 2024 devastates the country's north.

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SES in hot water ahead of inquest into flood deaths

The State Emergency Service has been slammed for failing to provide evidence to an inquest into two deaths during a 2022 flood that ravaged a rural NSW town.

Snow alert warning amid wild weather clean-up

Melting snow could flow into bulging rivers in Tasmania, while tens of thousands of Victorians are still without power after days of wild weather.

Tassie floods as wild weather slams nation's southeast

Residents in the nation's southeast are bracing for more severe weather as thousands of Tasmanians prepare to evacuate their properties due to flooding.

Rare winds bring damage as winter heat sets records

As Queensland swelters through the last day of an unseasonably warm winter, severe winds and flooding are causing headaches in southeast Australia.

Multiple states on alert as damaging winds continue

There are severe weather warnings for damaging winds in multiple states, in addition to concerns about floods, falling trees and dangerous live power lines.

Damage warning for wild weather to lash southern states

With some of winter's biggest storms making their way south, five states are being warned to prepare for damaging winds and power outages.

More destructive storms forecast as southeast cleans up

States cleaning up after a blustery night have been told to brace for further wild weather, with more storms and damaging winds on the way.

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