Category: Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters

How to prepare for a cyclone

How do you prepare for a cyclone – and what do you do if it’s too late to leave? Here’s an expert’s advice.

Natural Disasters

Pompeii awakens in Canberra

Experience the ancient city’s destruction and rebirth in this immersive exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

History & Culture

‘The event that put Darwin on the map, while nearly wiping it off’: Cyclone Tracy 50 years on

Cyclone Tracy was one of Australia’s most damaging natural disasters. Fifty years on, we recall the devastating storm and the extensive evacuation and reconstruction that followed.

Natural Disasters

OPINION: Recalling the inferno

There’s no better motivation for leaving fossil fuels in the ground than the scars left by Black Summer, writes emergency management expert, Brenton Keen.

Natural Disasters

Eye of the storm

To stay or go? Tracey Nearmy’s photo captures a couple’s dilemma during Black Summer.

Natural Disasters

Menindee fish kill

Thousands – if not millions – of dead fish have been found floating down the Darling River at Menindee, western NSW. Our team was on the ground covering the Murray Darling Basin Plan and witnessed the event.