Flooding associated with 26% higher hospitalization risk for up to seven months, large-scale study reveals
The world's largest and most comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding—via analysis of over 300 million hospitalization records in eight countries prone to flooding events—has ...
Floods raise cancer, diabetes hospitalisations, pointing to post-Alfred health risks
An international study has shown people living in flood-prone regions spend longer in hospital, are more prone to serious ...
Insurance Business America1d
WFI Insurance aids Queensland farmers hit by widespread flooding
IAG ’s WFI Insurance has announced a $250,000 donation to Rural Aid to support relief operations in Western Queensland, where ...
North Queensland Register3d
Exploring low-cost systems to better manage flood and wet conditions
Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred brought along a significant amount of rain and as the wet weather continued over the month, we are ...
The Fence Post4d
Over 144,000 livestock dead after huge floods cause carnage in northeast Australia
Farmers in Queensland, Australia, have suffered huge losses after floods engulfed over half a million square kilometers (more ...
Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
The small Queensland town of Eromanga bills itself as Australia's town furthest from the sea. But this week, an ocean of ...
CNN11d
Vast areas of Australia’s Queensland under water after ‘unprecedented’ flooding
As of Friday, flood warnings remained in place for parts of central ... of homes in southeast Queensland and northern New ...
Insurance Business America12d
ARPC gears up to support ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred claims
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has released its preliminary estimate for losses tied to ex-Tropical ...
66-Year-Old Man Saved from Rising Flood Water After 5 Days Stranded Alone in Australian Outback: Report
A 66-year-old man has reportedly been rescued after being stranded for five days alone in the remote Munga-Thirri Simpson ...
The Australian Financial Review28d
This cafe owner took a gamble on flood insurance. She lost
When Jacquie Tapsall and her business partner, Jessica Sexton, quit their jobs and poured their life savings into opening a cafe in Brisbane two years ago, the quotes they received for flood ...
The Australian28d
Insurance claims from ex-Cyclone Alfred flood in
More than 22,000 insurance claims related to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and associated flooding across southeast Queensland and NSW have been lodged in the past week. Property holders have lodged ...
Newstalk ZB29d
Cyclone Alfred: Flood warnings in place in aftermath of disaster
Severe weather warnings remain in some eastern parts of Australia recovering from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. Flood warnings ranging from minor to major still apply in northern New South Wales ...