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This blog is now closedCommercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New ZealandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria to offer contactless public transport …
Ekkapol Chantawong, who spent nearly three weeks underground in 2018, forced to spend night on roof of homeThe coach of the young Thai footballers who captured the world’s attention when they spent nearly three weeks trapped in a cave has found himself…
Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautionsFloods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of the animals in a large zoo housing wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffalo and o…
Nearly 300,000 people forced to flee after monsoon rains, which have killed 42 people in India and BangladeshNearly 300,000 Bangladeshis are taking refuge in emergency shelters from floods that inundated vast areas of the country, disaster officials sa…
Tyalgum residents hit by devastating flooding in 2022 have stepped up to support each other again after being isolated for nearly two daysResidents of a small town near the New South Wales-Queensland border still grappling with the fallout from major f…
Disaster recovery minister urges caution as up to 350mm of rain expected in ‘very dangerous forecast’ for storm-hit region of stateAustralian defence force personnel will be deployed across storm-hit south-east Queensland, as rain continues to pummel t…
State government says group has specialist skills and appropriate agency is chosen at federal levelThe Australian Defence Force was not deployed after storms hit the Gold Coast because it was determined other agencies would be better suited to the clea…
Poor state of critical assets in many parts of country leaves thousands of homes and businesses more vulnerable to stormsMinisters have been told they will be “punished” by voters after analysis revealed the decline of vital flood defences across Engla…
Quarter of new flood defence projects will also not go ahead, NAO finds, as Environment Agency blames cuts on inflationThe number of properties that will be better protected from flooding by 2027 has been cut by 40%, and 500 of 2,000 new flood defence …
Government not putting enough effort into flood resilience despite likelihood of more frequent and severe storms, experts sayThe UK is ill-prepared for the disaster future storms could wreak, scientists have warned, after Storm Ciarán swept the country…