Flood damage in Eugowra.
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We’ll need clear and well updated information to gauge flood risk as climate change intensifies floods.
Mount Kenya.
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Mountain systems are sensitive to climate change. Loss of snow and ice sets off effects which have wide ranging consequences.
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COP27 wraps up with Solutions Day, focusing on sustainable cities and transport, green buildings and resilient infrastructure. Climate-related disasters show the urgency of urban planning responses.
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The findings have big implications for how Australians prepare for extreme weather events.
Activists demand compensation from rich countries at the COP27 climate conference.
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The lack of a clear formula to distinguish between donors’ adaptation and mitigation funds is hurting Africa’s climate response.
A small rain tank could supply 15% of a household’s total annual water consumption on average across the UK.
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Extreme weather is set to dominate our future – can collecting rainwater reduce the threat posed by both drought and flooding?
Extreme flooding in Pakistan in 2022 affected 33 million people.
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That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
CFA volunteers in Echuca.
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After storms of rain come storms of blame. But the blame game is circular. To stop disasters, we must prepare for disasters.
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We wanted to find out how agencies and communities are heeding the lessons of past floods to manage the wet summer
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Our heavy reliance on sandbagging suggests we really don’t understand the river landscapes we inhabit. We must learn from communities that have developed better solutions to living with floods.
Hurricane damage to affordable housing can leave business owners struggling to find employees.
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Research shows that coastal businesses’ hurricane recovery depends on workers being able to return.
The flooding wiped out farms in Kogi and other affected states.
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Proper dam management can help check flooding in Nigeria.
A woman removes water from her house after heavy rains.
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Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
Floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states this year.
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Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
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Processes like La Niña set the scene for the sort of extreme weather that has hit eastern Australia. But what decides which towns and suburbs are hit hardest, and which ones are spared?
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Experts share their insights into Nigeria’s flooding challenge and steps needed to alleviate their worst effects.
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Rain has fallen across almost all of Australia’s mainland in the last two weeks. Our rain events are usually regional – not national like this.
A raccoon with a fish at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Fla.
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The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.
Nursing homes patients had to be evacuated after Hurricane Ian cut access to safe water supplies.
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Coastal hospitals are still at high risk, nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina’s flood disaster at Memorial Medical Center shocked the world.
An army officer speaks with a firefighter amidst destroyed homes in Channel-Port aux Basques, N.L., on Sept. 26, 2022.
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Evacuations can save lives, as in the case of post-tropical cyclone Fiona. As more frequent extreme weather events are set to occur, it is important to have evacuation plans in place.