Floods
‘Nobody erred on the side of caution’: Racecourse flood wall mistakes identified
A flood management expert says avoiding flood problems means making the right decision at the start - and now the Maribyrnong River’s issues are almost impossible to fix.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Think this week’s been wet? It’s about to get turbocharged
A band of rain sweeping towards Sydney is forecast to deliver 150-millimetre downpours and flash flooding.
- by Angus Dalton
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Development
These maps show the risk of flooding at Rosehill mini-city
Flood risk evaluations of the Rosehill ‘mini-city’ site show what needs to be considered before 25,000 apartments could be built there.
- by Max Maddison
Deadly floods swamp the ‘factory floor of the world’
The floods in Guangdong province were caused by intense convective storms that started last week and are expected to last until the end of the month.
- by Mei Mei Chu, David Kirton and Liz Lee
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Extreme weather
Heavy rains lash Dubai and disrupt flights, toll rises in Oman
Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.
- by Jon Gambrell
Faster-melting snow causes major flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan
Thousands have been evacuated as major rivers such as the Ural, which flows through Kazakhstan into the Caspian, overwhelm embankments.
- by Guy Faulconbridge
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Weather
Perth flash floods trap drivers in cars
Cars are underwater, and several people have had to be rescued after an extreme downpour hit Perth’s northern suburbs. See the gallery here.
- by Daile Cross, Jesinta Burton and Emma Young
Rain lashes Melbourne as High Country welcomes first snow of year
Dozens remain without power in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs after a cold, wet start to the week that also brought snow to Victoria’s alps.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney
Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.
- by Alexandra Smith
SEQ bracing for heavy rains, east coast warned to be ready for floods
South-east Queensland is bracing itself for heavy rain, with up to 200mm tipped to fall in the south-east.
- by Luke Costin and Melissa Meehan
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Extreme weather
‘Stay indoors’: Month’s worth of rain dumped on Sydney in a day
Roads were closed and some parts of Sydney were told to evacuate after the city received more than a month’s worth of rain in a single day.
- by Anthony Segaert, Angus Thomson and Christopher Harris