Floods and flooding in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
Dozens of homes have been inundated in north eastern Victoria, Australia, after record rainfall over the last few days. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said on Saturday that many places…
A slow moving storm that began around 15:00 on Sunday 26 November caused flash flooding in the small town of Roxburgh in the Central Otago District of New Zealand. Local…
The total costs of natural disasters in Australia are forecast to more than double in real terms to $39 billion per year by 2050, according to a new report released…
Torrential rain in Queensland between 16 and 17 October led to the death of a man caught in floodwater near Gympie. Queensland Police said: “A 67-year-old man who went missing…
Torrential rain and strong winds in the city of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, have caused flash flooding and left over 4,000 homes without power. Bundaberg recorded 319mm of rain in…
Disaster risk reduction in the Pacific has been given a boost by the establishment of a new multi-hazard early warning system sub-regional hub in Papua New Guinea. It was inaugurated…
Vanuatu launched its new Tsunami early warning system earlier this month. The new system has been funded by the government of Japan. The Minister of Climate Change launched the 9…
Heavy rain and high tides between 21 to 23 July 2017 combined to cause widespread flooding in Otago and Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand. Some areas of…
ROME, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – To see the frontline of climate change, Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau, a small island nation in the Pacific, has to look no…
The Government in Tasmania has released the Report of the Independent Review into the Tasmanian Floods of June and July 2016. Tasmania Premier, Will Hodgman, said “Last year’s floods devastated…
BELIZE CITY, Belize – A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) estimates that 4.2 million people in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and in the…
A regional organisation is warning of the dire consequences faced by many Pacific nations in the face of a possible El Niño in 2017 and urged countries to start planning…
In Australia yesterday the Queensland government and four local councils launched their comprehensive flood study of the Brisbane River catchment. In a statement the Queensland government said that the Brisbane…
Heavy rain, 5 metre high waves and winds of up to 150km/h lashed parts of New Zealand as Cyclone Cook swept across the North Island. States of emergency have been…
Tropical Cyclone Cook formed in the Southern Pacific Ocean and on Sunday, 09 April, 2017 and moved across the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean on early…
The devastating flood damage wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Debbie has left many residents in northern New South Wales facing an enormous cleanup that could take months. Any Lismore local will…
