Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free ...

When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.

"Infrastructure that was designed and built at a time when these were dry cities are now having to deal with this idea that these are now flood-prone cities," Nightingale ... Nightingale said it was ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has provided an update on the condition of the defence force personnel whose trucks rolled in Tregeagle, just outside Lismore. Thirty-two soldiers in two vehicles ...

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Authorities have urged caution as the region faces continued rainfall and flash flooding. Flood warnings remain in effect as the storm's effects persist throughout the coming days. Prime Minister ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are under a blackout in Queensland, while flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales, after ex-Cyclone Alfred left a trail of destruction along Australia’s ...

LABRADOR, Australia — Ex-Cyclone Alfred stalled off the rain- and wind-lashed coast of eastern Australia on Saturday, threatening to unleash floods after blacking out more than a quarter of a million ...

But the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) also warned that thunderstorms, potentially with intense wind, remained a threat. Flood warnings were in place from the Sunshine Coast to Lismore, which has ...

At least 13 people have been injured after two Australian Defence Force vehicles responding to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred crashed near Lismore. A major emergency response was launched on Saturday ...

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