Houses surrounded by floodwater in Coraki, Australia on March 7, 2022 as residents of northern New South Wales continue cleaning up following unprecedented storms and the worst flooding in a decade. Dan Peled/Getty Images
A national flood warning network will be set up in a bid to better protect at-risk communities from natural disasters.
The federal government will spend $236 million (US$156 million) in the next decade to set up the network, with the Commonwealth to buy and upgrade flood gauges from local, state and territory governments.
