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A new program in Tasmania, which includes online workshops, is helping people with disability prepare for emergency situations, like bushfires and storms.

Members of the public in Tonga, including students participated in tsunami drills to strengthen their awareness and level of preparedness for future natural disasters.

Fiji's cyclone season is November to April. The Fiji Red Cross has trained 900 volunteers and restocked 36 supply containers for rapid disaster response, including care for the elderly and disabled.

This article reports that around 23,000 Australians are displaced annually by floods, fires, and cyclones. The risk grows as urban areas expand, especially affecting disadvantaged communities who struggle to relocate or rebuild. Action is urgently needed.

Storing bananas for up to one year might seem unthinkable, but thanks to a traditional Vanuatu method of preparing and storing, it’s been a life saver during times of natural disasters.

A Solomon Island group is hoping to make life easier for people living with a disability when it comes to natural disasters through better planning and more inclusion.

Young Fijians have been planting thousands of trees to help protect the coastline of their community against rising sea levels and erosion.

Heat-related deaths will jump more than 60 per cent by 2050 in the city of Perth if temperatures continue to climb, according to modelling done for the WA Department of Health.