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Victoria is due to be battered by more severe thunderstorms in the first weekend of summer.

Hail, flash floods: Wild start to summer ahead after tropical storm lashes Melbourne

The first weekend of summer in Victoria will bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.

  • Cassandra Morgan

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Thunderstorm sweeps through Melbourne after wild weather claims man’s life.

‘Remain vigilant’: Severe weather warnings still active across Victoria

Emergency services warned Victorians to remain on alert on Wednesday night after wild weather lashed the state and rain deluged south-east Melbourne.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant
Flash flooding hit Molong in 2022.

After 18 months of battling, I’ve lost any faith I once had in our insurance industry

The government’s report slaps our insurance industry over the wrists without enforcing change. For flood-prone areas, that means waiting for 2022 to repeat itself.

  • Kirsty Evans
New Melbourne Cup Carnival ambassador Michelle Payne during the famous trophy’s tour of Rochester.

Payne relief for a town still scarred by devastating floods

The Melbourne Cup tour and one of the race’s most famous winners, Michelle Payne, brought some much-needed joy to the town of Rochester on Friday.

  • Danny Russell
Flooded Rivervue resident Stan Korkliniewski, pictured with wife Cheryl, is calling for a relocation or buyback scheme.

No relief for owners of unsellable homes despite report confirming failures

Residents of a flooded retirement village face being marooned in homes rendered unsellable after a new report confirmed serious planning errors, yet rejected a government buyback scheme.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Clay Lucas
Shepparton Swans Football Netball clubs rooms destroyed by the 2022 floods across Victoria.

The 2022 floods destroyed the Shepparton Swans’ facilities. The AFL stepped in so they could keep playing

The AFL has poured millions of dollars into local community clubs across the country to help them recover from extreme weather events driven by the impacts of climate change. 

  • Marnie Vinall
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An aerial view of the Kensington Banks estate, which has been labelled flood-prone in Melbourne Water’s revised modelling.

Home owners to pay a combined $1m to find out how much they will be flooded

Melbourne Water told Kensington residents it was up to them to make sense of complex new Maribyrnong River modelling data.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Clay Lucas
Kensington Banks photographed this month.

Home buyback scheme floated after Kensington Banks labelled flood-prone

Property experts say house prices in the estate could fall by up to 20 per cent following Melbourne Water’s revised modelling for the Maribyrnong River catchment.

  • Sophie Aubrey

Flemington wall worsened Maribyrnong flooding – but it won’t be torn down

The wall raised water levels for at least 240 homes in Maribyrnong during 2022’s downpour, including some homes that likely would have avoided inundation if it had not been built.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Almost 18 months after his home was flooded, Rick Maloney is still battling his insurance company.

Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance

As climate change increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters, insurance companies face pressure to improve the handling of their claims.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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