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This Kyogle home sold for just $347.

This NSW house sold for $347. It came with a catch

Flood-affected homes bought back by the state government are going up for auction – and bidding starts at just $1.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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This tree fell onto a restaurant in the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe during Cyclone Alfred.

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
The new tool can provide flood predictions on a resolution of five by five metres.

‘World first’: 5G spy will know if your home’s at risk of disaster

Sent a text today? Your phone could soon be part of an enormous, highly accurate monitoring tool.

  • Angus Dalton
Dirk Skelton inside his accommodation, talks with Trish Bowie.

These pods were built to house flood victims. They’re shutting down

Four temporary pod villages set up to accommodate victims of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods will shut down next month. One mayor wants them to stay.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The exceptionally warm oceans are making heat waves worse, disrupting marine life and destroying coral reefs.

‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide’: Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave

The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed 2024 was the hottest year on record in the south-west Pacific, breaking the previous record set in 2023.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley
Ruth Nielsen says having an insurance claim rejected was “more scary” than being up to her neck in water.

Ruth’s home was destroyed. What happened next scared her more

Being rescued from the roof of her four-wheel drive didn’t faze this no-nonsense “country woman”. But an insurance dispute did.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Beef cattle on a farm near Winslow, Victoria.

‘Dairy shortages, no ifs or buts’: Milk and butter prices to rise as farmers tread water

The high cost of recovery from repeated floods and droughts will contribute to inflation on supermarket shelves.

  • Jessica Yun
Sydney’s Bronte Beach is hit with strong winds and pounding surf.

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
Michelle Bennett’s Croki home was inundated when the Manning River burst its banks.

It’s not a matter of if, but when Taree floods again. Locals are asking themselves if they can survive it

As clean-up from the record disaster continues, many are wondering what the future of their town looks like.

  • Riley Walter
Residents in Taree begin the flood clean-up on Saturday.

More than 30,000 isolated, 400 properties destroyed in flood aftermath

The true damage caused by the northern NSW flood disaster is becoming clearer.

  • Angus Dalton and Daniel Lo Surdo

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