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Plan for an Emergency

Prepare for floods - a step by step guide

If you could be cut off by floodwater, you should think what you can do to reduce the impact on your property and the safety of your loved ones. ABC Emergency has a checklist of actions that you should consider.

The Queanbeyan River laps at a water level marker.

Storms and severe weather

Storms can bring welcome relief at the end of a hot summer’s day, or to break a dry spell, but they can also cause widespread damage due to large hailstones, strong wind and heavy rainfall.

Dealing with power outages after an emergency

Electricity supply is often affected by natural disasters in Australia and in the immediate aftermath conditions can be dangerous for power workers with extended outages stretching to days or even weeks.

A large fallen tree and damaged powerline in a local street.

Find your nearest ABC radio frequency

In an emergency, which ABC radio station should you be listening to for up to date information? Use our frequency finder to locate your nearest station.

After The Disaster

After you've experienced a disaster, there is so much to work through. After the Disaster offers practical tips and evidence-based advice.

Bushfires in Australia

Bushfires are the most common emergencies in Australia. The fire season varies significantly from state to state which means that fires can occur all year round.

Volunteer Qld firefighter from the Rural Fire Brigade

Survival kit: Things you'll need in case of an emergency

Emergency agencies recommend having a kit ready with items that will help you survive and recover from a disaster.

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Emergency Advice

Helping you recover after an emergency

After an emergency, get essential information to help you and your community recover.

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Emergency details in your state

Know which agency issues emergency alerts during events like bushfires, storms and cyclones in your state or territory.

How your mobile phone could save your life

Anyone could be caught in a natural disaster — and most of us carry something in our pocket that could help us stay safe, or even alive, when it strikes.

Triple zero number about to be called on a mobile phone.

Your guide to Australia's new, clearer emergency warnings

Bushfire warnings will be consistent across the country and clearer about how people should respond under a new system in place from December 1st, 2020.

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In the News

Live: NSW: Sydney house prices fall at fastest rate in 40 years

MORNING BRIEFING: Sydney house prices have slipped 1.9 per cent over the past month as interest rate hikes have taken a toll— the fastest rate of decline in 40 years.

Auction sign on house replaced with sold sign

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Property Prices

Properties deemed unsafe as swimming pool-sized sinkholes open up

Dozens of sinkholes have appeared in the rural Hunter Valley community of Broke in the aftermath of flooding rains, filling up with the suffocating stench of sewage.

Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Erosion

Live: NSW Now: Massive queues at Sydney Airport as heavy fog blankets city

MORNING BRIEFING: Travellers have once again been severely impacted by heavy fog and technical problems, causing flight delays at Sydney Airport and a road weather warning.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather

Wild weather in south-east Queensland eases as low moves offshore

Queensland should get a reprieve from wet conditions today, after being hit by heavy rain and strong winds on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

An old lady films the beach as a man looks out.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Rainfall