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Plan for an Emergency

This is how to evacuate during a flood

If your area is likely to flood the SES or council could issue an evacuation order. Follow these steps to stay safe.

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Know what you'll do with your animals if it floods

Make an evacuation plan for your pets and livestock to keep them safe in an emergency.

A man walks through floodwaters pushing dozens of drenched chickens on a kayak.

Floods don't always move slowly, prepare now

Make sure you know your property flood risk, and prepare early because floods can happen quickly.

A white caravan with a green stripe and a dark blue stationwagon are surrounded by floodwater in a suburban street

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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Dealing with a power outage after a storm

Power outages from disasters can last anywhere from hours to weeks. Here are some tips to help you through a power cut safely.

Collapsed transmission towers in a field.

What to do if there's a bushfire in your area

Being prepared and following your bushfire survival plan is vital if there's a bushfire warning for your area.

A white ute and red fire trucks line a road in rural Victoria under large trees. Fire fighters in orange stand with the trucks

How to listen to ABC Radio in an emergency

Stay informed in an emergency, set your local ABC radio station in the ABC listen app, and find the frequency on your battery-powered radio.

A roadside sign displaying the radio frequency for local ABC Emergency broadcasts in the Bega area.

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Emergency Advice

Helping you recover after an emergency

After an emergency, get essential information to help you and your community recover.

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Your mobile phone could help save your life. Here's how

Anyone could be caught in a disaster — and most of us carry something in our pocket that could help us stay safe, or even alive, when it strikes.

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How to emotionally support your little ones through an emergency

Enduring a disaster can be traumatic for anyone. Children often need extra help understanding their feelings, here are some ideas for how you can help.

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Find emergency services where you are

Know which agency issues emergency alerts during events like bushfires, storms and cyclones in the state or territory where you live, or where you're travelling to.

Two firefighters, one from ACT Fire and Rescue and one from ACT Rural Fire Service look out at a smouldering fire.

In the News

Flooded western Queensland has 'choppers everywhere', levee banks spilling

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli warned many communities "are yet to see the worst" of flooding due to the volume of water in catchments across outback Queensland.

An excavator constructing a levee to keep out flood water.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Floods

NSW Police fear man missing in floodwaters 'won't be alive'

A man missing in floodwaters in the Mid North Coast tried to get out of his car before being swept away but the "water was just too strong."

NSW Police and emergency services at Bretti Reserve search for a man missing in floodwater

Source: ABC Mid North CoastTopic: Floods

Graziers brace for 'heartbreaking' devastation from record flood

Western Queensland graziers say they're in for a long recovery as they begin to assess livestock losses from record-breaking floods.

Wide shot of a flooded paddock, a person in the distance walks knee deep along a barbed wire fenceline

Source: ABC RuralTopic: Floods

Vulnerable bird builds 'ingenious' nests to survive bushfires

A vulnerable population of ground-dwelling malleefowl survived bushfires that tore through one of its few remaining refuges in Victoria, but the remaining hatchlings now face a new challenge.

Source: ABC WimmeraTopic: Birds