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Case Study - East Coast Lows and the Newcastle-Central Coast Pasha Bulker Storm Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:16 The June 2007 storm (the Pasha Bulker storm) was one of the most significant meteorological events in Australia’s history. It was the 4th largest general insurance loss (inflation adjusted) since systematic insurance records were started in 1968.
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Case Study - From recovery to renewal Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:17 This report published by the Regional Australia Institute in April 2013 provides four case studies: Cardwell - devastated by tropical cyclone Yasi on 2011 Carisbrook - impacted by major flash flooding in January 2011 Emerald - flooded multiple times in 2010-11 Marysville - devastated in the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires
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Case Study - 2008 floods in Queensland Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:17 This report from the National Climate Change Adaption Research Facility compares the flooding events that occurred at two Queensland towns in 2008: Mackay and Charleville.
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Case Study - Storm Tides, Coastal Erosion and Inundation Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:17
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Case Studies - Community Resilience, MUDRI Compendium Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:18
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Case Study - Adaption lessons from Cyclone Tracy Updated: 04/08/2017 - 10:13 At Christmas, 1974, Tropical Cyclone Tracy laid waste the city of Darwin, an iconic episode in the history of Australian natural disasters. It provides one of the clearest and most successful examples worldwide of adaptation to a catastrophe. Following large losses in Townsville from Tropical Cyclone Althea in 1971, the level of destruction in Darwin was such that it led to new regulations mandating the use of the wind code for reconstruction, and eventually to similar regulations for new construction in other cyclone-prone areas of Australia.
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Commentary - Media and Disasters Updated: 26/06/2017 - 13:16 Public and social media coverage of disasters is now almost instantaneous. In this resource, you will find commentary and analysis of that media coverage and what it says about us.
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Research - Building Codes are not enough to protect homes against water damage in severe storms Updated: 30/06/2017 - 13:25 Protecting homes and other buildings from the effects of storms is a complex challenge. This article from The Conversation looks at the effects of Tropical Cyclone Debbie in early 2017
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