Melbourne Water will update its flood modelling for the Maribyrnong River after more than 500 homes and businesses were unexpectedly inundated. The organisation copped criticism in the wake of the October 2022 floods, with residents in the city’s northwest saying they did not receive adequate information or warning about what was to come. Melbourne Water, in a…

Six months after floods devastated the Victorian town of Rochester, around half its residents face a winter living in sheds and caravans as they rebuild their homes. A further 150 are still in a temporary accommodation village in nearby Elmore. Former mayor and Rochester Community Recovery Committee chair Leigh Wilson said while community members pushed…

When the catastrophic floods hit north-east New South Wales (NSW) one year ago, much of Bundjalung Country went under water. And when flooding affected western NSW later last year, several Aboriginal communities, including in Walgett, were forced to evacuate. Now, the NSW Environment Protection Authority is offering up to $10 million (US$6.77 million) to help…

Some Victorian flood victims were given marching orders from emergency accommodation in a letter slipped under their doors.   Victoria’s purpose-built quarantine centre in Melbourne’s outer north was set up as temporary emergency accommodation in mid-October 2022 after widespread flooding hit central and northern parts of the state. The Victorian government on Thu. 16 announced it…

A hotel in Western Australia’s Kimberley region is racing to evacuate guests as fast-flowing flood waters wash away a major bridge and isolate remote communities. Communities may be cut off for up to a week as ex-tropical cyclone Ellie continues to dump heavy rain after crossing the Northern Territory coast more than a week ago. Fitzroy River…

The New South Wales government will spend almost $200 million (US$134 million) in new funding in order to implement several recommendations from the independent Flood Inquiry, following the recent catastrophic flood events across the state. On Dec. 14, the NSW government announced the funding of $199.4 million, to go towards ensuring the state’s emergency agencies…

Three years of floods and storms across Australia have cost insurers $12 billion (US$8.03 billion), as the latest disaster in the east coast state of New South Wales (NSW) claims a third life. Search and rescuers found the body of a 19-year-old man in the Riverina town of Balranald on Wednesday, four days after he…

Leaving some Murray properties and businesses in South Australia at the mercy of the rising river are “tough calls”, Premier Peter Malinauskas says. But the premier believes the state government has done as much as it can to protect as many properties as possible and to provide financial and other assistance as flood waters continue…

Distressing scenes are playing out in southwestern New South Wales (NSW), where farmers face the harrowing task of trying to save their flood-stranded livestock. Deniliquin farmer Louise Burge has lost at least one hundred sheep while thousands more are stranded. She’s reliant on food drops by SES helicopters to keep them alive. “It’s absolutely beyond…

Small business owners and not-for-profit organisations subject to “repeated relentless flooding” in the past year can receive up to $50,000 (US$33,000) in disaster recovery payments under a new package from the Australian federal and New South Wales (NSW) governments. The prime minister and NSW premier said they had identified a significant number of businesses affected…