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Restaurant owners with $90k hail bill offered $28k by insurer
By Sam Bradbrook and Conor Burke

Residents and businesses in a Victorian town hit by a major hailstorm six months ago say insurance companies are moving too slow and offering paltry payouts.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/cas

ABC News · Casterton residents angered by slow insurance companies after hail storm last yearBy Sam Bradbrook

AI predicted Cyclone Alfred's path and could be the future of forecasting
By Tom Saunders and Tyne Logan

An AI forecast about ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred's path was far more accurate than leading weather models used by meteorological organisations.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/nsw

ABC News · AI predicted Cyclone Alfred's path and could be the future of forecastingBy Tom Saunders

#nswweather Huge swells and a powerful king tide have battered Sydney beaches, forcing Botany Bay residents to evacuate overnight as homes were inundated. A warning is in place for hazardous surf and coastal erosion from the Illawarra to the Hunter. Stay safe!

#sydney #kingtide #storms #coastalerosion #hazardoussurf #news #australia #weatherwarning

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/swe

ABC News · Massive swells and king tides combine to batter parts of Sydney's coast, causing damage at Bondi, Cronulla and Bronte BeachBy Danuta Kozaki

Rain forecast to continue across Queensland prolonging flood risk
By Josh Dye, Lucy Loram, James Taylor, and Emily Dobson

The weather bureau says there is potential to see further flood level rises depending where the rain falls over the next several days.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/que

#Floods #Rain #Weather #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Droughts #Storms #RegionalCommunities #WeatherPhenomena #JoshDye #LucyLoram #JamesTaylor # #EmilyDobson

ABC News · Rain forecast to continue across Queensland prolonging flood riskBy Josh Dye

Rain forecast to continue across Queensland prolonging flood risk
By Josh Dye, Lucy Loram, James Taylor, and Emily Dobson

The weather bureau says there is potential to see further flood level rises depending where the rain falls over the next several days.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/que

#Floods #Rain #Weather #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Droughts #Storms #RegionalCommunities #WeatherPhenomena #JoshDye #LucyLoram #JamesTaylor # #EmilyDobson

ABC News · Rain forecast to continue across Queensland prolonging flood riskBy Josh Dye

alojapan.com/1226046/heavy-rai Heavy rain continues in Okinawa #METEOROLOGICALAGENCY #Okinawa #OkinawaTopics #storms #沖縄 Heavy rain continued to pummel some of the northern part of Okinawa’s main island on Sunday. The Meteorological Agency urged people in the affected region to be on high alert for landslides, inundation of low-lying areas and swollen rivers. In the northern part of the main island, rainfall is expected to reach up to 180 …

Rental crisis worsens in NSW town as storm renders homes uninhabitable
By Rachel Holdsworth

It was already difficult to find a place to rent in Harden before a blast of extreme weather took a dozen homes off the market.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/fre

ABC News · Freak storm adds to rental crisis in Harden as 12 homes become uninhabitableBy Rachel Holdsworth

NSW 'dodged a bullet' but Alfred put towns centimetres from disaster

The Bureau of Meteorology forecast potential flooding on 14 rivers in northern NSW in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred. While only four actually did experience a major flood, data shows that several more were close, though all river heights were eclipsed by the catastrophic floods of early 2022.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/nsw

ABC News · Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred brought NSW towns close to major flooding, data showsBy ABC News