Flood Warning Network Aims to Help At-risk Communities

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.