Floods
Grab your brolly Brisbane, wet weather’s on the way amid a soggy summer ahead
Brisbane City Council has warned residents to “prepare for the worst”, as the bureau forecasts rain early in the week and a wetter-than-average summer.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Latest
‘Lines drawn across our front yard’: New flood zones to cost some homeowners
The Brisbane City Council has changed the status of several thousand properties – with some new additions meaning higher insurance premiums.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Weather
‘Pretty uncomfortable’: Brisbane swelters after storms, flash flooding
Slow-moving thunderstorms pummelled Brisbane and surrounds across the weekend, with heavy rainfall, flash flooding and a dam overspill reported across the region.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Heavy rainfall, flash flooding possible for parts of south-east
Areas west of Brisbane experienced 50 millimetres of rain in 30 minutes as rivers expected to swell.
- by Courtney Kruk
Flood warnings, more storms as a month’s worth of rain falls on Sydney
Emergency services are urging Sydneysiders to avoid unnecessary travel after a person was rescued from floodwaters overnight and forecasters warn there’s more rain to come.
- by Angus Thomson
Brisbane rain causes havoc, play abandoned at Australian PGA
Flooded fairways and unrelenting rain in Brisbane has forced the Australian PGA Championship committee to abandon play on day two, but better conditions are expected on Saturday.
- by Murray Wenzel
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Roads
Busy CBD off-ramp closes again due to runoff from Queen’s Wharf
For at least the fifth time this week, a Riverside Expressway off-ramp has been closed to traffic while workers clear water and debris.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Bureaucracy and delays anger those still searching for the missing in Spain
The official missing count from last week’s floods is 89. But reporting people missing is almost impossible.
- by José Bautista and Amelia Nierenberg
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Spain
Mud hurled at King Felipe of Spain as he visits flood-ravaged areas
Flood survivors tossed mud and shouted insults at the monarch and government officials when they visited one of the hardest-hit towns.
- by David Melero and Joseph Wilson
Opinion
Global warming
Spanish floods yet another reminder of the climate battle we’re losing
Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them, but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Spain
Screams from retirement home in Spanish town where dozens died in flooding
Rescue teams discovered the bodies of eight people who had been trapped in a garage as the death toll in the Valencia region alone climbed to 155.
- by David Latona
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