Cyclones
Logs became floating battering rams for homes as Indonesia reels from catastrophic floods
Authorities on the island of Sumatra say they are incapable of responding to the unfolding disaster there – killing at least 770 people – because the destruction is too vast.
- Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia
The casualty figure is set to rise as rescuers sift through mud and debris for hundreds of people still missing across multiple countries.
- Zach Hope
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- Extreme weather
Newly refurbished luxury lodge hit by Tropical Cyclone Fina was not insured
The Berkeley River Lodge, an exclusive retreat on the northern Kimberley coast and a popular spot for cruise ships to stop, was directly hit by Fina on Monday.
- Hannah Murphy
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- Darwin
Rough night for Top Enders riding out damaging cyclone
Top End residents have been urged to hunker down in their homes as the strengthening tropical cyclone Fina approaches and emergency shelters open.
- Lloyd Jones
The multimillion-dollar emergency works on Bribie Island breakthrough
Locals previously likened the damage caused by Cyclone Alfred to opening up the island “like a zipper”.
- Dominique Tassell and Catherine Strohfeldt
Strengthening hurricane threatens Caribbean with catastrophic floods
Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane and is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 hours, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.
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- Building insurance
Extreme weather costs Australia more than any other rich country, bar one
Floods, bushfires and storms have cost in economic and insured losses every decade since 1980, the insurance industry says.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Climate crisis
Surge in wild weather claims threatens insurance as we know it
One major insurer has received 32,000 claims for wild-weather-related damage to both vehicles and property between January and May this year, more than for the whole of last year.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
What winter has in store for Sydney and NSW
The weather bureau is predicting a warmer, wetter winter for most of the country, but the outlook for most of the NSW coast is neutral.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Extreme weather
Good Friday wild weather warning as cyclone moves closer to WA coast
Errol had been heading west away from Australia before it made a sharp U-turn and is now moving towards the Kimberley coast.
- Savannah Meacham and Sarah Brookes
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