PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organisation providing catastrophe insurance data disclosed its second industry loss estimate for devastating floods in Southeast Australia in October 2022. The second estimate of the insurance…
Emergency services have carried out more than 200 flood rescues in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, after widespread heavy rain from 12 November 2022 led to dangerous flash flooding across…
Rising rivers in south-eastern Australia have prompted authorities to issue flood evacuation orders for thousands of homes across the states of Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales (NSW). Australia’s Bureau…
The representative body of the general insurance industry in Australia has declared an insurance catastrophe for the flooding in the state of Victoria that struck from 10 June 2021. The…
Severe weather including heavy rain and strong winds affected the state of Victoria, Australia, from 09 June 2021. Wind gusts of over 100 km/h were reported. More than 200mm of…
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for damage caused by storms that struck the Australian Capital Territory and parts of Victoria and New South Wales from…
Storms in Tasmania, Australia, have caused severe flash flooding in the capital Hobart and south eastern areas of the state. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said that 129 mm of…
The floods that deluged parts of Victoria over the weekend are the latest in the state’s long history of flooding, following on from major floods in 2010, 2011, 2012 and…
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…
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…
The wild storms that lashed eastern Australia earlier this year damaged property and eroded beaches, causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage. As sea levels rise, the impact of storms…
Update, 16 September, 2016 A body has been recovered from a dam in the south-west of Victoria. It is believed to be that of a the man reported as missing…
Storms and flooding have caused widespread disruption in the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia. Homes have been evacuated and dozens of roads closed, including a stretch of the…
A weekend of wild weather across Australia, including a cyclone, thunderstorms and flooding, has left 1 person dead, prompted dozens of flood rescues and left thousands without electricity. Western Australia…
Heavy rain in Tasmania has caused flash flooding, mostly in eastern parts of the state over the last 2 days. The rain continues to fall as several roads have been…
A storm in Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 27 January 2016 dumped more than double the January monthly average rain on parts of the city in just 1 hour. Avalon, a…
