Floods and flooding in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
The Insurance Council of New Zealand reported today that the June storm that caused extensive flooding in Dunedin and the Otago region will cost insurers over NZ$28 million ($18 million…
Australia Red Cross are reporting that initial assessments suggest that 10,000 people have been affected by flooding and heavy rain in the Solomon Islands, which has caused damage to houses…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with Papua New Guinea’s Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD) to develop early-warning systems for inland and coastal flooding. The new…
More than 400 people were evacuated from their homes after major floods hit areas of lower North Island, New Zealand between 20 and 21 June 2015. The floods were caused…
Storms, torrential rain and floods struck in across the Wellington area of New Zealand on 14 May 2015. More heavy rain has been forecast for Friday. Over 25 homes have…
The torrential rainfall and flash floods that hit areas of New South Wales, Australia on 21 April 2015 brought widespread destruction and left 4 people dead. Over 300 mm of…
Five people have died in Queensland, Australia, after being swept away by flood waters. All 5 victims were in vehicles at the time. Some areas of Queensland saw over 300…
Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan and New South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott have declared 12 areas in New South Wales to be natural disaster zones after the devastating storms and floods…
Storms across the Sydney Metropolitan, Central and Mid North Coast, Hunter and Illawarra areas of New South Wales, Australia have brought widespread destruction and raging floods. With strong winds of…
Six people – 5 children and a mother – were killed when flash floods struck in Jiwaka province in Papua New Guinea on Friday 27 February 2015. The victims were…
After the recent severe weather in Queensland, Australia, Biosecurity Queensland have issued a warning to the state’s farmers. Biosecurity Queensland Director Dr Ashely Bunce said “With more biting flies and…
Local media in Papua New Guinea are reporting that heavy rain caused flooding and landslides over the weekend in Kimbe and across the province of West New Britain. The flooding…
More severe weather over parts of Queensland has led to flooding on the Gold Coast for the second time in 2 weeks. Emergency services in Queensland received over 200 call…
The Marshall Islands sits in the open ocean located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, in the region of the Pacific known as Micronesia. The average height above sea level…
A tropical low has swept across central and eastern parts of Australia over the last few days, dumping huge amounts of rain. AccuWeather say that the tropical low has since…
Major flooding in Fiji over the weekend resulted in the death of one man, with another still missing, as well as damage to roads and a water treatment plant. One…
