Alison Xiao

Sydney

Reporter at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Audio Current Affairs reporter | [email protected]

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Articles

Flood-hit Wingham rallies together for cleanup

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

Traumatised communities along the New South Wales east coast are taking stock of the devastation. The small town of Wingham near Taree, was hit hard and the local supermarket is still closed.
Donations flow in flood-ravaged Wingham - ABC listen

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

In the flood ravaged towns across the New South Wales east coast, more than a thousand homes have been declared uninhabitable, leaving many residents displaced or in need. Community-led organisations are helping to deliver much-needed supplies to people whose homes have been gutted.
Flood devastation continues in NSW

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

Around 800 properties have been declared uninhabitable, following the flooding disaster in New South Wales. On the state's mid-north coast, people whose homes have been rendered unliveable, headed in to the town of Taree, seeking help at the disaster recovery centre that's just opened.
Taree recovery centre opens for locals

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

Flood-ravaged communities on the New South Wales mid-north coast are moving into recovery mode, with Defence personnel and specialist disaster relief teams now on the ground to help with the clean up. About 800 homes have been declared unliveable and today the state government has opened recovery centres to help flood-affected residents access financial and practical support. The Prime Minister is visiting Taree today to meet volunteers and residents.
Taree business owners ramp up recovery efforts

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

The massive cleanup effort from the New South Wales floods is continuing, with 70 Australian defence force personnel due to arrive today, as well as the Prime Minister. Many business owners in Taree's CBD remain without power and emotions are still raw after last week's flood disaster.
Support for NSW flood victims

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Bridget Fitzgerald |Alison Xiao

The Prime Minister has announced further flood support for the Mid North coast of New South Wales, including deploying defence personnel, to help with the clean up. Over the next few days, getting food and water to communities cut off by floods will be a major priority. But the weather bureau has also warned that more wet weather could hamper the clean-up effort.
NSW residents begin flood clean up

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao |Myles Houlbrook-Walk

Four deaths are confirmed so far in the NSW floods. Thousands of homes are without power and many residents remain stranded, in an area stretching from the state's central coast, up to Grafton in the Northern Rivers region. The rain has eased in that area, but getting supplies of food, water and other essentials into isolated communities is a major priority for authorities.
NSW flood disaster continues to wreak havoc

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

The worst of the rain has eased overnight in the north of the New South Wales floods, but more rain is forecast for today for areas in the south, including the Southern Hunter, Blue Mountains, and Southern Highlands. Disaster management experts say more work needs to be done to mitigate the risk in the future, and make communities more resilient to extreme weather events.
Thousands isolated in record-breaking NSW floods

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

It's been a difficult night for many residents across the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions. Flooding at unprecedented levels has inundated towns and left residents stranded, with the affected area stretching hundreds of kilometres along the east coast. Featured: Holly Pilotto, Glenthorne residentPaul Gogarty, Taree residentDiv Loomba, Taree residentTroy Irwin, Kempsey residentJulie Norman, Port Macquarie resident Yasmin Catley, NSW Minister for the Hunter
Israel starts new ground operation

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alison Xiao

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the past few days and there are fears the situation will get worse. Israel has begun what it's calling "extensive ground operations" in the northern and southern parts of Gaza. Israel has also announced it will introduce a "basic amount of food" to Gaza, but humanitarian groups say it won't be enough.