Flood-ravaged areas across NSW declared ...

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians. 

When Taraidh became quadriplegic 18 months ago, it turned his family's emergency plans on their head. A new program is helping equip people like him with the tools they need to prepare. 

The Wagonga lady is one of more than 1,700 ancestors returned to Australia from overseas collections in the past three decades, but many more remain to be found and returned. 

It's been a year since catastrophic flooding inundated parts of south-east Queensland and the northern rivers of New South Wales, destroying homes and devastating communities. 

Recent floods in eastern Australia have caused devastating losses of life and livelihoods. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis visits southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales where the damage bill from torrential rain is said to be in the billions of dollars. Climate change means n ... Show More

Tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes...these are real-life monsters. We like to think we’re prepared for a catastrophe. But time and time again, Mother Nature proves us wrong. Each week, Parcast's original show, Natural Disasters examines the earth’s biggest catastrophes t ... Show More

Over the last month or so, two successive floods have hammered South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province. More than 400 people have lost their lives, and roads, bridges and schools are amongst the infrastructure damaged in what has been described as the biggest natural disaster of po ... Show More

Around 18,000 people have been evacuated from severe floods in Australia. 

As parts of New South Wales prepare to be possibly cut off by floodwaters, the federal government is shaking up its emergency management system 

A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland amid a series of earthquakes.