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Floods don't always move slowly, prepare now

Make sure you know your property flood risk, and prepare early because floods can happen quickly. Your community will have services in place to help you. It's important to remember, you're not alone. 

Man wearing hi-vis carries sandbags away from a sand pile in Logan, storm clouds are overhead. Many others are doing the same.

This is how to evacuate during a flood

If your area is likely to flood the SES or council could issue an evacuation order. Follow these steps to stay safe.

Emergency services in a rubber dingy attempting a flood rescue.

How to listen to ABC Radio in an emergency

Stay informed in an emergency. Set your local ABC radio station in your car, on ABC listen and on your battery-powered radio.

Illustration of a person listening to ABC radio while driving in dry bush. There's an Extreme Fire Danger Rating roadside sign.

Build your bushfire kit

A bushfire survival kit gives you easy access to things that will help save your life in a bushfire. Already have one ready to go? It's worth double-checking to make sure everything you need is there.

A green backpack surrounded by items you will need to pack if you have to evacuate in an emergency.

Get ready for bushfires

Understanding the bushfire warning system could save your life.    

A man stands at the top of a ladder leaning against a roof. He clears twigs and leaves from the gutter.

Free help getting your property ready for bushfires — if you can't do it yourself

If you're elderly, unwell or living with disability you may need help clearing leaves from gutters, trimming trees and cutting long grass to protect your home from bushfire.  

A person clears leaves and debris from a gutter.

You're on holiday and there's a bushfire nearby. Do you know what you will do?

It's important to stay up to date with weather conditions and the fire danger ratings for the area you'll be travelling to. Keep your car radio tuned to the local ABC radio station for important information.

Large plumes of smoke from a bushfire rise over the town of Dunsborough, with the beach and ocean in the foreground.

In the News

Statewide map shows where Tasmania's buildings face bushfire exposure

As bushfire season approaches, new modelling is giving Tasmanian communities a clearer picture of where fire could burn most severely.

Dolphin Sands bushfire emergency,

Source: 936 ABC HobartTopic: Disaster Preparedness

Flood victims wait four years for repairs to homes

Flood-affected residents have been waiting nearly four years to get their homes repaired or even rebuilt due to a severe tradie shortage. 

Two people stand with their arms crossed in an empty, unfinished room.

Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Floods

Earthquake rumbles up East Gippsland valley shaking homes

A magnitude-3.9 earthquake in Victoria's High Country is the most powerful recorded in the area in more than a decade.

Image of a vast blue sky, hills in the background, and the roofs of buildings and houses.

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Earthquakes

Warning from EV owner caught with low charge in bushfire

The owner of an EV chauffeur service learned a valuable lesson when he found himself in a bushfire zone with a dwindling battery. 

A Tesla charges at a fast charger with bushfire smoke seen in the distance

Source: ABC North CoastTopic: Disaster Preparedness

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