Preparations, emergency warnings and recovery grants found lacking following long-running investigation into 2022 disaster
A major investigation into catastrophic floods reveals confusion about preparations, failures in emergency warnings and clunky access to recovery grants.A parliamentary inquiry into the disaster has released its final report.
“In both circumstances communities experienced confusion, which limited people’s capacity to make informed decisions.” Confusion around ownership and responsibility for flood mitigation systems like levees and culverts rendered many ineffective or useless, the report found.Photograph: Reuters
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