Floods

Laos officials believe two other men may still be missing in the cave, although rescue crews say they have explored most of the tunnels and have not found any survivors or bodies.

Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters.

Five of the seven people, who entered the cave in central Laos more than a week ago, have been found alive. Rescuers are still searching for two.

Rescuers have entered a narrow Laos cave to save people trapped after flash flooding. 

Experts are relieved to see the number of endangered Manning River turtles holding steady, a year after devastating flooding in northern New South Wales.

It was six months before Ed Trotter could return home after record floods on the NSW Mid North Coast. A year on from the disaster, others are still without working kitchens and bathrooms.

A new report finds a disaster recovery program set up after the devastating 2022 floods in northern NSW is yet to deliver any of the homes it promised.

Widespread flooding in north-west Queensland killed more than 90,000 head of livestock this year, but farmers will have to go it alone if they want to rebuild. 

Almost 50 high school students and teachers have been rescued after becoming stranded by floodwater at a national park in the Scenic Rim.

At least $57 billion worth of infrastructure in Victoria is vulnerable to more frequent and severe bushfires, floods and extreme heat. This figure is expected to grow. 

The ABC understands Sunwater CEO Glenn Stockton resigned on Friday after almost six years in the position.

Fruit and vegetable growers in Western Australia’s Carnarvon food bowl are still cleaning up weeks after flooding from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle.  Their farms have been inundated numerous times since a levee system was built over a decade ago, and they’re questioning if it so doing more harm than good.

In Western Australia's biggest food bowl region, farmers are still assessing the damage from the latest flood caused by Cyclone Narelle. However, farmers say the levees built to reduce damage made the situation worse.

Water users in part of the Murray-Darling Basin are anxious that a proposal to protect their interests during droughts has been abandoned, as the dry conditions continue to worsen.

Growers across Western Australia's Gascoyne take a huge financial hit after four natural disasters in the first four months of 2026.

The Northern Territory government has announced $30.5 million in funding to repair roads damaged by wet season flooding across the territory.

Police have found the body of a man as floodwaters recede in New Zealand's capital and the clean-up begins.

People living in low-lying areas of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, are urged to evacuate as heavy rain drenches the city.

Adam Osborne was quoted a staggering $60,000 for his home insurance this year. With others in the same boat, six Queensland councils are looking at creating their own insurance mutual to drive down premiums.

King Charles has written an open letter to Northern Territory residents following recent devastating flooding, saying the "increasingly catastrophic effects of climate change are surely a siren-call to the world for more urgent action".