castle on the coast that gets flooded yearly

The federal emergency management minister, David Littleproud, has also been talking to the ABC. 21.33 David Littleproud: 'This is potentially a very dangerous situation' Again, go to Services Australia for details. Littleproud said there are now 34 local government areas which are able to receive the disaster recovery payment – that’s the $1,000 payment mentioned by the prime minister. The bureau is saying we have today and tomorrow of heavy rainfall and if we get that in the wrong areas, we have a very serious situation. This is a very serious situation and it will not abate until likely Wednesday. They need to prepare for it, make sure they are listening to their local ABC and that if they are instructed to, they do it, not just for themselves and their family, but for those men and women who are putting their lives on the line for them today. And that’s why we are saying the gravity of this situation is severe and people need to understand that. We are hoping that that doesn’t happen, but the potentially with the rainfall that is predicted and if it falls in the wrong catchment areas, then potentially this could cause considerable problems for us. Littleproud said the potential evacuation of 54,000 people in Sydney’s outer west was a “worst-case scenario”. We sadly lost 34 souls during the Black Summer, but it would have been a lot worse if it hadn’t been for those men and women working on the frontline.Īnd it should be noted that while Australian emergency service agencies and volunteers work very hard and do a wonderful job – the key lesson of the royal commission into Australia’s natural disaster response is that there was insufficient national coordination and planning and that the federal government needed to play a greater role. This is what is keeping Australians safe and saved lives during the Black Summer. We have to make sure we have a nationally coordinated approach to this. Yes, but what does he say to the point about these disasters happening more frequently under the climate emergency? Our planning for next season will start in another month or so as we get out of the disaster season and we will plan for whatever is to come and look for the threats that will come next season and be ready to pivot towards making thicks safe. We work together between states and we are continuing planning.

And the fact that we have been able to bring emergency personnel from other states in a Covid-safe way, just goes to show the world-leading service we have in this country. We planned for this disaster season meticulously particularly with the overlay of Covid with it, and to think we have pivoted from bushfires to floods and still not out of the cyclone season yet, we are ready to move. That is all about a pattern of weather events and we are seeing that and we need to make sure we are prepared and we are working with the states.

Is the climate emergency going to make these kind of natural disasters more common, Littleproud is asked? The flooding on the mid-north coast is a one in 100 year event, coming just 12 months after the unprecedented Black Summer bushfires.

Castle on the coast that gets flooded yearly