Yes, Australia needs new homes—but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world
Australia's housing crisis has created a push for fast-tracked construction. Federal, state and territory governments have set a target of 1.2 million new homes over five years.
How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters
Too many homes will remain vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather events unless there is better coordinated housing ...
Major Flood Warning for De Grey River and De Grey River at Coolenar Pool
Major flooding is occurring along the De Grey River. The De Grey River at Coolenar Pool peaked above the March 2000 flood levels (8.86 m) early Sunday morning. The river level is currently at 8.55 ...
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Why is Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia so strong?
Western Australia's Pilbara coast will endure ferocious winds, flooding rain and a storm surge when category five Severe ...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Churns Toward Northwest Australia
The storm is expected to make landfall Friday afternoon, with wind gusts of up to 180 miles per hour. A port crucial to the ...
Cyclone Zelia as it happened: WA prepares for category five weather system to hit state’s Pilbara region
The West Australian mining towns of Karratha and Port Hedland are both at risk of a “direct impact” from Severe Tropical ...
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Western Australia bracing for category 5 tropical cyclone
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia is intensifying rapidly to the north of Western Australia and is expected to make landfall on ...
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Port Hedland shuttered as tropical cyclone becomes ‘severe’
Tropical Cyclone Zelia will soon make landfall in Western Australia’s north, closing Australia’s largest iron ore port, Port ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia hits category 5 strength as Port Hedland battens down
Authorities provide an update as Cyclone Zelia intensifies to category five system and the Bureau of Meteorology says it is ...
Record warm seas supercharging Australia's weather from heatwaves to floods to cyclones
Although February is still peak severe weather season, the majority of extreme events this month are being exacerbated by ...
‘Severe impact’ predicted as Cyclone Zelia path mapped
Cyclone Zelia has now formed off Western Australia, and a tropical low is steadily heading for the coast. It is expected to ...
Meteorologists map out cyclone path as Australia’s west coast braces for Zelia’s ‘severe impact’
Residents between Port Hedland and Broome have been warned to brace for the “severe impact” to the east Pilbara coast or ...