Authorities in Australia’s Northern Territory have ordered the evacuation of communities in the Victoria Daly Region after persistent heavy rain caused rivers to overflow. Evacuations were ordered for residents of…
Flooding in Western Australia has submerged homes and roads in the Kimberley region, prompting evacuations. Many communities are likely to be cut off for weeks, authorities warn. Rainfall Ex-Tropical Cyclone…
Around 250 people are being evacuated after flooding in areas near Mataranka in Northern Territory (NT), Australia. NT Police said in a statement of 25 February that rapidly rising waters…
Coastal flooding events could threaten assets worth up to 20% of the global GDP by 2100, a study in Scientific Reports suggests. The areas predicted to be most impacted by…
Update, 28 January 2020: Emergency services in Queensland rescued a man stranded in floodwaters near Townsville in the north of the state. Localised flooding and a rock slide was reported…
Tropical Cyclone Trevor has crossed Queensland, Australia’s Cape York Peninsula and re-emerged into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Visible imagery from NASA’s Terra satellite confirmed the movement back over water. Tropical…
Tropical Cyclone Marcus passed over Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory state, as a Category 2 system on 17 March, 2018, with sustained winds near the centre of 95km/hr and wind…
Days of heavy rain in northern Australia caused flooding in parts of Kimberley in the state of Western Australia (WA) and the town of Daly River, Northern Territory (NT) state,…
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…
Parts of southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia have seen record breaking rain over the last two days. The rain, caused by a deep low pressure system, was described…
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…
