May
Record floods strand 48,000 as insurers declare significant event
Flooded residents of coastal northern NSW have been warned to prepare for long periods of isolation after copping four months of rain in two days.
April
This picture shows the planning system is broken
Construction has begun on a Hawkesbury River housing development first approved 27 years ago under previous flood policies. The Insurance Council says such ‘zombie DAs’ are driving up premiums.
April 2024
Floods prompt calls to revive dam wall plan
Residents in the Hawkesbury region experiencing their fifth major flood in two years are urging the government to reconsider a plan to raise Warragamba Dam.
June 2023
Drought? Bushfires? Blackouts? July will tell on El Niño
“We’re leading into this event with record high ocean temperatures and that is largely taking a bit of a step into the unknown”, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
August 2022
Resilience NSW on the chopping block over damning flood report
The findings have recommended the government consider restructuring the NSW emergency services and potentially scrapping the $775 million Resilience NSW.
NSW asks feds to help cover $3b Northern Rivers recovery bill
The major flood recovery program could mirror Queensland’s Grantham land swap program, in which 110 residents moved to new homes on higher ground.
July 2022
Cargo ship stranded at sea in wild Sydney weather
By Monday evening, three tug boats were midway through an effort to drag the vessel 12 nautical miles offshore where the engine repairs could begin.
Thousands evacuated as ‘life-threatening’ weather event escalates
Heavy rainfall and gale force winds are wreaking havoc on large parts of the NSW east cost and as far inland as Oberon, and have claimed a life in Sydney’s inner west.
March 2022
Floodwaters likely to peak, now the clean-up and rebuild
Floodwaters will likely peak in areas along the NSW coast on Wednesday and then begin to recede after Sydney suffered its wettest-ever start to a year.
‘Leave by 7pm’: Narrabeen residents told to evacuate
Residents and businesses near Narrabeen Lagoon were told to evacuate after the torrential rain and wild winds that hammered Sydney’s south-west moved to the northern beaches.
‘Sitting on roofs for a night and a day’: Lismore’s worst-ever flood
An elderly woman has been found dead inside a flooded home in Lismore, in northern NSW, where floodwaters slowly started to recede on Tuesday.
February 2020
More rain in NSW, Sydney faces floodwaters and storm surges
Thousands are without power after a deluge hit the city, but the good news is that its dams are filling fast.
January 2020
Welcome rain falls in fire zones but brings flood risk
Heavy rains are providing welcome to relief in some bushfire zones, but bring with them increased strain on state emergency services from flash floods.
Mum of three crowd sources funds after house burns
A mother and her three daughters who lost everything in the bushfires are seeking help to rebuild with the not-for-profit donation platform.
Bushfire states face $451m disaster funding cut
In an act of unfortunate timing, the Commonwealth Grants Commission proposes to strip hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster funding for the states hardest hit by devastating fires.
November 2019
NSW, Qld bushfires: NSW braces for catastrophic fire risks, 'dire forecast' unchanged
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Tuesday morning said Monday's dire forecast had not changed and told residents to heed the warnings authorities and head for safety.