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Early warning app helping Australia's regional towns prepare for disaster

Source(s): Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
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Want to know if there's a bushfire near you, a wild storm on the way or a drought setting in? There's an app for that.

Now there is also an app to help regional Australians predict if their towns are ready to withstand and recover from those climate disasters.

The online dashboard brings hundreds of data sets together measuring factors such as housing availability, school attendance rates, the number of tradies and access to local spaces to calculate a council area's resilience level.

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The dashboard helped pinpoint areas of local vulnerability so councils and community groups could act or apply for state and federal assistance.

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The Early Insights for More Resilient Communities tool also measures availability of major infrastructure such as telecommunications and high-quality roads, along with smaller amenities such as community halls and parks.

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Themes Early warning Data and information management Urban risk and planning
Country and region Australia

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