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| UpdatedCooktown residents appear to have "dodged a bullet" after Tropical Cyclone Nathan hit the far north Queensland coast early this morning, authorities say.
Topics: cyclones, cyclone, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, storm-disaster, weather, cooktown-4895, hope-vale-4871, coen-4871, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedThe destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam this week across the Pacific highlights how communities go about recovering after a disaster.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, cyclone, weather, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, cyclones, vanuatu, philippines, japan, australia, asia, pacific, vic
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| UpdatedResidents in the Queensland towns of Cooktown and Hope Vale are bunkering down as Tropical Cyclone Nathan begins to cross the coast north of Cape Flattery with wind gusts up to 230 kilometres per hour.
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| UpdatedA team of 20 Australian medical staff to start treating people injured by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu's capital of Port Vila today.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, cyclones, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, vanuatu, solomon-islands, kiribati, tuvalu, pacific, australia
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| UpdatedA category five Tropical Cyclone Nathan "cannot be ruled out" the Bureau of Meteorology says, as favourable conditions could lead to more periods of rapid intensification prior to landfall.
Topics: cyclone, cyclones, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, cooktown-4895, hope-vale-4871, cairns-4870, qld, australia
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All Wagga Wagga residents are being urged to find out about flood protection plans for the city at a meeting from 6pm (AEDT) tonight at the council chambers.
Topics: emergency-planning, floods, local-government, regional, wagga-wagga-2650
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Emergency aid begins to reach some of the outlying islands of Vanuatu, after the Pacific archipelago was last week pummelled by one of the strongest cyclones on record.
Topics: cyclones, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, vanuatu, pacific, australia, tuvalu, kiribati, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Minister for Regional Development, Terry Redman, says using Royalties for Regions' funding to help the prescribed burning program is a legitimate use of the scheme.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, fires, bushfire, emergency-planning, northcliffe-6262, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Nathan has been upgraded to a category three storm and is expected to make landfall as a category four system on Friday.
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A leaked report details cultural issues in the ACT Ambulance Service including bullying, distrust and poor management.
Topics: states-and-territories, emergency-planning, occupational-health-and-safety, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedDry conditions, high temperatures and strong winds have NSW emergency crews on high alert.
Topics: weather, fires, emergency-planning, dubbo-2830, coonamble-2829, walgett-2832, moree-2400, gilgandra-2827, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedVanuatu warns it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerge of huge damage to a large outer island, days after one of the fiercest cyclones on record pummelled the Pacific archipelago.
Topics: cyclones, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, vanuatu, pacific, australia, tuvalu, kiribati, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedKangaroo Island's council is looking at ways to mitigate future flooding, as the clean-up from inundation which caused nearly $10 million damage draws to an end.
Topics: floods, emergency-planning, local-government, kingscote-5223, port-pirie-5540
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| UpdatedPolice identify so-called lone wolf attacks among the biggest threats in Tasmania as counter-terrorism briefings are held for organisers of mass gatherings.
Topics: emergency-planning, police, tas
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop says the Federal Government will send an additional urban search and rescue team to Vanuatu in response to the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam.
Topics: cyclones, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, vanuatu, pacific, tuvalu, kiribati, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Nathan could impact the far north Queensland coast as a category three system, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's latest forecast.
Topics: cyclone, cyclones, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, cooktown-4895, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedThe president of Vanuatu makes an emotional plea for humanitarian assistance following the widespread devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam at the weekend.
Topics: cyclone, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, storm-disaster, vanuatu, pacific
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Nathan intensifies in the Coral Sea and the weather bureau warns the storm system could yet return to menace the Queensland coast later this week.
Topics: cyclone, cyclones, emergency-planning, cairns-4870, cooktown-4895, port-douglas-4871, townsville-4810
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The North Burnett Council in southern Queensland wants the new State Government to allocate funding to keep an emergency helicopter in the region during times of disaster.
Topics: emergency-planning, local-government, emergency-incidents, floods, activism-and-lobbying, monto-4630, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedAuthorities in Vanuatu are warning of heavy rain and flash flooding, particularly in low-lying areas, as Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam heads toward the capital after intensifying to category five.
Topics: cyclones, cyclone, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, floods, disasters-and-accidents, rainfall, vanuatu, kiribati, fiji, solomon-islands, pacific
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Nathan continues to move slowly away from the Queensland coast toward the Solomon Islands.
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| UpdatedThe pacific nation of Vanuatu is bracing for a powerful hit from severe Tropical Cyclone Pam which has been upgraded to a category four system.
Topics: cyclones, cyclone, rainfall, floods, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, solomon-islands, vanuatu, fiji, australia, pacific
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Nathan is bringing heavy rain and strong winds to parts of far north Queensland but is virtually stationary in the Coral Sea ahead of its predicted swing away from the coast.
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| UpdatedAlbany fishers have raised concerns about safety at a notoriously dangerous fishing spot on Western Australia's south coast.
Topics: emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, lifestyle-and-leisure, albany-6330
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| UpdatedTropical Cyclone Pam is upgraded to a category three system and is moving south of Solomon Islands to waters between Vanuatu and Fiji.
Topics: cyclone, cyclones, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, vanuatu, fiji, solomon-islands, pacific, australia