Tag: bushfires
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Queensland Prepares Ahead of Storm, Flood and Fire Season
Queensland braces for a busy storm, flood and fire season Just a day after crews contained an out-of-control bushfire and with about 60 fires burning across the state, Queensland is urging residents to prepare for an impending severe weather season. The warning comes as communities continue to recover from last season’s floods, storms and heavy…
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Queensland Urged to Prepare Ahead of Storm, Flood and Fire Season
Overview: A season of heightened risk With 60 fires active across Queensland and a recent bushfire on Moreton Island brought under control, authorities are urging residents to prepare for an imminent severe weather season. The state is still recovering from last season’s floods, storms and heavy rainfall, and many council areas remain disaster-declared as communities…
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Australia Faces Soaring Extreme Weather Losses: Why Insurance and Resilience Must Evolve
Australia’s rising climate bill: a global pattern with local consequences New data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) show that Australia sits near the top of the world for per‑capita losses from extreme weather. Over the past five decades, inflation‑adjusted costs from floods, bushfires, storms and extreme cold have climbed dramatically, positioning Australia behind…
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Australia’s Extreme Weather Losses Rise: What It Means for Insurance and Resilience
Australia’s Extreme Weather Losses Are Rising New data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows that Australia has some of the highest per‑capita losses from natural catastrophes in the world. Compared with five other developed nations over the past five decades, Australia’s inflation-adjusted costs from floods, bushfires, storms and extreme cold are climbing, driven…
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Space research could help Australia manage bushfires and floods, says Australia’s first female astronaut
Australia’s first female astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, is championing the idea that studying space isn’t just about rockets and stars — it’s a practical tool for managing Earthly risks. In her early months with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and as the Australian Space Agency’s director of space technology, Bennell-Pegg argues that space initiatives should…
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Pegg: Space study can help Australia manage bushfires and floods
Space research as a tool for disaster management Australia’s growing commitment to space is framed not just as exploration, but as a practical instrument for protecting lives and ecosystems. Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia’s first female astronaut and now the director of space technology at the Australian Space Agency, argues that studying space and expanding the nation’s…
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Space Knowledge for a Weathered Nation: Bennell-Pegg on Australia’s Bushfire, Flood Strategy
Space as a tool for disaster management Australia’s future in space is being framed not as a distant dream but as a practical instrument for protecting communities. Katherine Bennell-Pegg, the Australian Space Agency’s director of space technology and Australia’s first female astronaut, argues that studying space helps identify and mitigate natural hazards here on Earth.…