Floods
Deadly Storm Babet batters, floods UK, northern Europe
Some of the worst flooding was in eastern Scotland, where more than 300 homes were evacuated in the town of Brechin.
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‘Got 120 neighbours overnight’: Quick fix to housing crisis could prove permanent
Temporary “pod villages” set up as emergency accommodation could be turned into permanent housing sites, as authorities look to ease the housing crisis.
- by Catherine Naylor
Rochester residents battle depression, displacement a year on from floods
One year after a natural disaster devastated the small Victorian town, hundreds of people are still living in caravans.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Melbourne Water advice allowed flooded retirement villas, inquiry hears
Nick Wimbush said he relied on Melbourne Water’s “unequivocal” advice about flood levels to allow construction of retirement villas that were swamped last year.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Substantially dangerous’: Melbourne Water boss grilled over Maribyrnong flood
Failure to update maps used to assess major flood risk was central to a parliamentary inquiry in which the water authority chief was forced to justify her role after last year’s floods.
- by Rachel Eddie
Warnings downgraded for Sale as Gippsland flood damage revealed
Two men have been rescued from the top of a flooded car in Bairnsdale while swollen rivers could affect homes on Shepparton’s outskirts on Saturday.
- by Ashleigh McMillan, Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
Analysis
Analysis
Flood report light on detail and answers
By its own admission the Maribyrnong flood inquiry was never truly independent and leaves many questions unanswered. So what was the point?
- by Clay Lucas
Maribyrnong flood forecasting, early warnings must be improved: Report
Property buybacks could also be needed in flood-prone areas along the Maribyrnong River, but the jury is still out on the Flemington flood wall.
- by Clay Lucas and Benjamin Preiss
Insurer told family to move back into mice-infested home
The Bridgers feared they would be left homeless after being told by RACV to move back into their uninhabitable home because their claim for flood damage – which had initially been accepted – had been denied.
- by Christine Ahern
Emergency alert for Sale port as floods threaten Gippsland homes
Parts of Bairnsdale, Wangaratta and Sale are facing flooding as record-breaking rainfall moves down swollen waterways in the state’s east, just days after bushfires hit Gippsland.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
Flood evacuation alert issued hours after flames hit eastern Victoria
Hours after out-of-control bushfires threatened lives and homes in Gippsland, record-breaking rainfall put eastern Victoria on high alert for floods.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan