More than 400,000 Melbourne residents face high risks of flooding, bushfires or both, new analysis shows, with warnings that without pre-emptive action even more people will face threats posed by natural disasters.
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| Governments need to do more to mitigate natural disasters, says SGS principal Terry Rawnsley. |
Analysis mapping insurance data and risk levels from natural perils across local government areas in Victoria, NSW and Queensland reveals millions of residents across the three states are living with some sort of risk from floods, storms, bushfires and earthquakes.
Compiled by SGS Economics and Planning and released exclusively to The Age, the data breaks down the risk to local council areas and the potential economic impact from natural disasters.
SGS national partner Terry Rawnsley said much of the Australian population was at some form of natural peril.
Read the story from The Age by Shane Wright and Felicity Caldwell - “Millions in Australia's east face natural disaster risk.”
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