THE flood and cyclone season is upon us, but Gladstonites are keeping calm and not panic buying.
31st Jan. 2014 6:01 AM
THE Queensland Government will donate $50,000 to help victims of Cyclone Ian which hit the Pacific nation of Tonga this...
16th Jan. 2014 9:01 AM
THE impact of catchment pollutants on the Reef is nothing compared to the devastation caused by a reduction in salinity...
14th Jan. 2014 10:01 AM
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ALMOST a year on from the January 2013 floods, Gladstone reflects on the lessons learned from the disaster and what has...
13th Jan. 2014 3:01 PM
SOME of Hervey Bay’s vulnerable elderly residents are riding out the storm season with confidence after participating in an...
08th Jan. 2014 6:01 AM
FOR Queenslanders, summer heralds the arrival of cyclone season, and Gladstone residents need to be just as prepared as...
01st Jan. 2014 5:01 AM
SIX months ago a freak super storm cell ripped through Pratten and the surrounding areas leaving a trail of destruction in...
19th Dec. 2013 7:12 AM
QUEENSLANDERS know all too well the heartbreak caused by disasters large or small.
15th Dec. 2013 6:12 PM
A SPECIAL gathering was held last night to unveil a series of flood stories told by locals affected by the natural...
12th Dec. 2013 9:12 AM
THE chief national bushfire research agency will be expanded to cover other natural disasters including floods and...
10th Dec. 2013 2:12 PM
QUEENSLANDERS will have vital information on natural disasters at their fingertips with the launch of a centralised...
30th Nov. 2013 8:11 AM
A REVIEW of Whitsunday council’s 2009 Natural Disaster Relief Recovery Arrangement spending has been delivered to the...
23rd Nov. 2013 7:11 AM
THE Gympie community has stepped up to the plate in a time of need.
23rd Nov. 2013 6:11 AM
SOME $40 million in aid has been delivered to Bundaberg in the last four months as the city continues to rebuild after the...
22nd Nov. 2013 6:11 AM
THREE kite surfers who were stuck in the Philippines during Typhoon Haiyan now know how great Australia really is.
18th Nov. 2013 8:11 AM
A CRACK team of 37 medical experts has now landed in the Philippines after being dispatched by the Federal Government from...
14th Nov. 2013 7:11 PM
THOUSANDS of Filipino workers are in limbo, waiting to learn the fate of their families and friends while aboard enormous...
12th Nov. 2013 5:11 PM
AUSTRALIA will give the Philippines $10 million in aid to help the country recover from the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan...
11th Nov. 2013 2:11 PM
A MACKAY woman’s family are lucky to be alive after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on Friday.
11th Nov. 2013 1:11 PM
IT WAS meant to be a dream kite surfing holiday but Mackay man Shane Martin ended up facing one of the biggest typhoons to...
11th Nov. 2013 7:11 AM
A METEOR that exploded over Russia in February was 20m in diameter and caused a blast equivalent to 540,000 tonnes of TNT...
09th Nov. 2013 12:11 PM
TURKEY Beach is central Queensland's worst storm-affected suburb over the past 12 months, according to Suncorp...
01st Nov. 2013 6:11 AM
OCTOBER 13 is International Disaster Reduction Day, and residents are being encouraged to safeguard their properties for an...
12th Oct. 2013 5:10 AM
RESIDENTS in the region's south will have the chance to plan their preparation and recovery strategies for natural...
11th Oct. 2013 4:10 PM
FIREFIGHTERS warn worsening weather conditions could spark a horror holiday long weekend.
05th Oct. 2013 6:10 AM
A ONE-in-2000 year rainfall event this year saw Lake Awoonga near Gladstone reach 193% of its capacity, according to the...
01st Oct. 2013 10:10 AM
THERE are four informal two hour discussion/workshops to be held within our region to address the short and long term...
13th Aug. 2013 5:08 AM
RESIDENTS in the Mount Morgan area will notice a large amount of smoke this weekend as firefighters work to reduce bushfire...
01st Aug. 2013 11:08 AM
FARMERS could be warned of imminent weather disasters, thanks to a new study into storm cells and how they work.
01st Aug. 2013 11:08 AM
RESIDENTS described the tornado as like a bomb going off. Everything in its path, from waterfront properties to caravan...
27th July 2013 5:07 AM
CYCLONES, not floods, are the number one fear for Rockhampton homeowners.
25th July 2013 10:07 AM
ON A day when much of Brisbane was trying to escape drizzling rain, six Queensland mayors brought the weather inside.
10th July 2013 3:07 PM
BARRY Hawke says rebuilding Woolooga has been a community effort.
20th June 2013 5:06 AM
THE clean up has barely begun after the devastating storm that ripped through Pratten and Bony Mountain last week but there...
20th June 2013 5:06 AM
DEPUTY Mayor Ross Bartley said touring Pratten's storm damage instantly took him back to the aftermath of the tornado that...
18th June 2013 5:06 AM
IT only takes a few minutes, and it can flatten everything in its path.
23rd May 2013 12:05 PM
FLOOD reconstruction works in the Gladstone region this year are expected to cost $70 million, and take until November 2014...
23rd May 2013 8:05 AM
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has said that authorities will work "as long as it takes" to deal with the devastation of a massive...
22nd May 2013 6:05 AM
GLADSTONE region volunteers who put their lives on hold to help with disaster recovery during the 2010/11 floods have been...
17th April 2013 1:04 PM
EXCLUDING community-based organisations from disaster management planning weakens the response to natural disasters and...
12th April 2013 6:04 AM
RED Cross calls on people affected by recent floods to take part in a nation-wide survey designed to better understand...
08th April 2013 2:04 PM
PADDLING a tinny up to her front door and watching her bed float in chest high water is an image which is burned into Kerie...
06th April 2013 5:04 AM
PLANS are underway to re-establish a local emergency co-ordination committee for the Baffle Creek area.
21st March 2013 8:03 AM
THE Federal Government is taking too long to get flood assistance to businesses and farmers suffering from this year’s run...
15th March 2013 4:03 PM
RESOURCES to help families recover from recent floods have been developed by Queensland Health and the Department of...
14th March 2013 10:03 AM
A LIMITED capacity to recover from natural disasters has been highlighted as a major problem for the Wide Bay Burnett...
14th March 2013 7:03 AM
A QUEENSLAND nurse and mental health expert specialising in disaster response has been given a prestigious award by a New...
12th March 2013 6:03 PM
SINCE the January floods $53,000 in grants has been handed to Southern Downs farmers and $20,000 to small business...
11th March 2013 6:03 AM
GYMPIE could be declared a disaster area early next week following submissions from the Gympie Regional Council.
09th March 2013 5:03 AM
THE Mid North Coast has been declared a natural disaster zone as the clean up continues following the second major...
26th Feb. 2013 7:02 AM
