Climate change increasingly contributing to home insurance premium hikes, IAG warns
A major insurer is warning Australians to expect rising home insurance premiums, in part due to increasingly frequent…
Cattle producer reunites with cow lost to floods almost two years ago
Bronwyn Betts vividly remembers the morning when floodwater swept her cattle away. It was late January 2024 in…
Amsterdam 750th Anniversary Showcases Centuries of Climate Adaptation
On Amsterdam’s northern edge, a brand new island in the vast IJmeer lake is being readied for homebuilding.…
Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina ‘makes contact with ocean floor’ near remote Heard Island
Australia’s icebreaker has been involved in an incident in which the ship’s hull “made contact with the ocean…
Australia’s most disaster-prone state urged to prepare ahead of storm, flood and fire season
Just a day after crews contained an out-of-control bushfire — and with 60 fires currently burning across the…
Retirees ‘give back’ by volunteering to help rebuild communities hit by disaster
Kerrie Bennett admits she does not do retirement well. From dawn until dusk, she runs a camp of…
Consumers left in the dark about steep hikes to insurance premium
When Michele Vanderlanh Smith discovered her annual home and contents insurance premium had jumped by 600 per cent,…
Atmospheric River Will Drench the US Northwest and Test Records
A potentially record-breaking atmospheric river will sweep off the Pacific Ocean this week, soaking the US Northwest and…
Dame Lydia Ko supporting alternate community flood plan to save Takapuna Golf Course
Ko, the defending Olympic gold medallist and LPGA hall of famer, said she spent a lot of her…
Search resumes for woman missing in floodwater in NSW Hunter region
A woman is still missing after being swept away by floodwaters in the Hunter Valley while about 20,000…
Around 200 vehicles stuck and people stranded as heaviest snow ever seen inundates the New England North West
The State Emergency Service says snow falling in the Northern Tablelands has never been seen at these depths…