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Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

Plan needed for communities at risk of climate change

A strategic plan is needed for Australian communities relocating due to frequently occurring natural disasters as a result of climate change.

Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Casualty confusion after PNG landslide as aid arrives

Estimated casualties from a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea have ranged from in the hundreds to in the thousands as recovery missions continue.

Search for hundreds feared dead in huge PNG landslide

Search for hundreds feared dead in huge PNG landslide

Search for hundreds feared dead in huge PNG landslide

Search for hundreds feared dead in huge PNG landslide

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a landslide hit a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, wiping out buildings and blocking the only road access.

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Hundreds feared dead after Papua New Guinea landslide

Hundreds feared dead after Papua New Guinea landslide

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a landslide flattened a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, with hundreds of people feared dead.

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Camera traps have shown wombat burrows are hot property after bushfires, with animals using them for shelter and as drinking stations after rain.

'Remarkable' more did not die in Black Summer: coroner

'Remarkable' more did not die in Black Summer: coroner

The report of a two-year Black Summer coronial inquiry has made numerous recommendations but left some impacted residents feeling ignored.

Cash leaves flood survivors making do in the aftermath

Cash leaves flood survivors making do in the aftermath

Australians left to deal with the "devastating impact" of significant flooding damage are faced with complex insurance policies that offer little to no support.

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Flood survivors stress about insurance and future risks

Flood survivors stress about insurance and future risks

Flood survivors stress about insurance and future risks

Flood survivors stress about insurance and future risks

Relief funding shortfalls and rising insurance costs are fuelling concerns from households impacted by natural disasters including floods.

Community health leaders push for disaster program

Community health leaders push for disaster program

Community health leaders push for disaster program

Community health leaders push for disaster program

Another summer of fires and storms has reinforced the need for a permanent disaster recovery program within Victorian community health services, leaders say.

Missing family of seven found safe in remote WA

Missing family of seven found safe in remote WA

Missing family of seven found safe in remote WA

Missing family of seven found safe in remote WA

The group of seven family members that have been missing in the West Australian outback have been found by police, and are reported to be safe and well.

Memories remain of Darwin's worst disaster, 50 years on

Memories remain of Darwin's worst disaster, 50 years on

Memories remain of Darwin's worst disaster, 50 years on

Memories remain of Darwin's worst disaster, 50 years on

A kinetic sculpture will commemorate victims and survivors of one of the worst natural disasters to ravage an Australian city, 50 years on.

Workers evacuated after sinkhole appears near building

Workers evacuated after sinkhole appears near building

Workers evacuated after sinkhole appears near building

Workers evacuated after sinkhole appears near building

Multiple emergency crews are at a Sydney industrial park after a section of ground collapsed into a sinkhole, causing a two-level office block to sag.

Fire rages as Vic braces for 'worst day in four years'

Fire rages as Vic braces for 'worst day in four years'

Fire rages as Vic braces for 'worst day in four years'

Fire rages as Vic braces for 'worst day in four years'

A bushfire west of Ballarat is expected to burn for days if not weeks but firefighters are concerned about changing weather conditions on Wednesday.

Lismore still recovering two years after record flood

Lismore still recovering two years after record flood

Lismore still recovering two years after record flood

Lismore still recovering two years after record flood

Northern Rivers locals say another disaster would wipe towns off the map as they mark two years since thousands of people lost their homes to floods.

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Battle rages on as fire destroys at least one home

Fire crews are set to fight a massive bushfire in western Victoria for days before another spike in severe conditions is forecast.

Eyre Highway remains closed in WA amid bushfire

Part of the Eyre Highway in WA remains shut as a bushfire burns out of control amid strong winds and high temperatures.

Drones replace helicopters for checking bush powerlines

A regional power company is using drones instead of helicopters for inspections of powerlines in preparation for the next bushfire season.

'Heartbreaking' scenes as fire-hit communities rebuild

Residents in Victorian towns face a recovery that could last up to three years as locals return to survey the damage caused by bushfires to their properties.

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Bushfire evacuees return to homes and businesses

Evacuees are starting to return to a town in Victoria's west where more than two dozen homes were lost to bushfires believed to have been sparked by lightning.

Bushfire battle goes on after homes burnt in Grampians

Bushfire threat levels in Victoria's west have been reduced but fire crews are still working to contain multiple blazes.

Pomonal residents sheltering after raging fire

Residents in a small town in Victoria's west were forced to flee for their lives after an out-of-control bushfire ripped through their town.

Bushfire survivors bring home renewable energy message

Survivors of bushfire say they want everyone to live in a home that is safe from extreme impacts of climate change, which demands a rapid rollout of renewables.

Fires kill 123 in Chile, toll expected to keep rising

At least 123 people have been killed by forest fires in central Chile, officials say.

Chile forest fires kill 112, hundreds still missing

At least 112 people have been killed and hundreds are still missing as wildfires sweep through central Chile.

'Broken' insurance claim system hurting Australians

Insurers have faced a grilling about poor practices against vulnerable Australians who lost everything in devastating floods.

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