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Find alerts in your area

Search any location in Australia to find local warnings and incidents on our interactive map.

Plan for an Emergency

Emergency warnings explained

Wondering what a Watch & Act alert means for you? What’s the difference between a category two and category three cyclone? Find the definitions here.

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You need to know about the AFDRS

The Australian Fire Danger Rating System gives you an idea of how dangerous a fire could be if one starts in your area. It's quite simple — and it could save your life.

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Free help getting your property ready for bushfires — if you can't do it yourself

If you're elderly, unwell or living with disability you may need help clearing leaves from gutters, trimming trees and cutting long grass to protect your home from bushfires.  

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Disability and disaster — a guide to help you plan and stay safe

If you are one of the 5.5 million Australians living with a disability, you are potentially more vulnerable to disaster risk. Use this guide and start your emergency planning now. 

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Lots of rain can mean mould, this is how to get rid of it.

Our houses can become breeding grounds for mould after prolonged rain. It's important to clean and remove it properly as it can lead to severe health effects.

Speckles of green mould are spread all over the soles of a pair of leather sandals.

Plan for internet and phone outages

This guide will help you  manage if you lose phone or internet services

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How to listen to ABC Radio in an emergency

Stay informed in an emergency. Set your local ABC radio station in your car, on ABC listen and on your battery-powered radio.

Illustration of a person listening to ABC radio while driving in dry bush. There's an Extreme Fire Danger Rating roadside sign.

In the News

Live: Almost 2,000 missing as rescuers work through Nepal-Tibet flood devastation

Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet amid flood risk. Follow live.

Top Stories Nepal TILE

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Floods

Australian feared missing contacts family

An Australian woman feared missing in the flooding disaster in Nepal has made contact with her family. 

A photo of a smiling young woman with dark hair and nose ring

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Floods

New flood warnings issued in Nepal as death toll rises to 469

At least 39 Australians are still unaccounted-for in Nepal as rescuers pull hundreds of survivors from the mud and flood zone.

Two people sit in the front scoop ofa tractor as it drives through mud.

Source: The WorldTopic: Floods

Australia's Nepali and Tibetan communities fear for relatives

Tibetan and Nepali Australians worry about family and friends missing after a flash flood struck the Nepal-Tibet border.

man standing on background of green rice fields.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Floods

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