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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

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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
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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Record-breaking floods hit the NSW Mid North Coast.

The NSW floods have already been linked to climate change. Scientists are debating if that’s too quick

Global warming brings extreme weather but did it cause the NSW floods?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Local businesses are cleaning up after floods in Taree.

‘Mammoth task’: 10,000 homes damaged as NSW flood clean-up forges ahead

The skies have cleared above the Mid North Coast and Hunter, but Premier Chris Minns warned the crisis was far from over as devastated communities survey the damage.

  • Megan Gorrey, Patrick Begley and Clare Sibthorpe
Locals start cleaning out shops and businesses along Pulteney Street in Taree.

NSW floods live updates: Mid North Coast emergency warnings, evacuation orders remain in place; four dead, more than 50,000 isolated

The NSW SES will start to assess more than 10,000 homes for damage but warns that dangers remain.

  • Anthony Segaert and Patrick Begley
Hinton locals

Cut off by floodwaters, spirits are high in Hinton – and laughter is the best medicine

The tiny town near Maitland is banding together amid yet another natural disaster, with local the Victoria Hotel bringing much-needed cheer.

  • Riley Walter

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