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Flooding

Wednesday March 29

Kangaroo escaping from Australian bush fire

Church leaders’ Easter statement on the environment

Dozens of church leaders, including many whose communities have been directly affected by flooding and bushfires, have signed an open letter calling for government leaders to take effective action to protect our climate

“These weather events are turning points in people’s lives”

“We moved stuff upstairs. The lights went out. We headed for higher ground, and there we stayed for five days. We were lucky because we had just a couple of inches of water in the rooms we had emptied. Our neighbours, a few metres down the hill, were not so lucky,” says Jon Eastgate from St Andrew’s, South Brisbane

During the March 2022 floods, Stacey McCowan said that she was especially impacted by those sleeping rough outside the Cathedral, which was the first stop for the merry Community of The Way band and provided a CBD base for them as they handed out care packages and home-cooked dinners to rough sleepers (she is pictured with Community of The Way chaplain Dr John Rolley).

Community of The Way members cook and distribute 50 hot meals to rough sleepers during the recent flood emergency

The Community of The Way rose to the challenge during last week’s flood emergency, cooking 50 hot meals for rough sleepers despite a power outage at their St Francis College base

Brand-new clothes for people affected by the Queensland floods

Help is on the way for thousands of Queenslanders who are starting the recovery process after a “rain bomb” hit south-east Queensland over the weekend. A Parish of Indooroopilly, Anglicare Southern Queensland and retail sector alliance is providing emergency assistance in the form of brand-new clothing

Dalby Anglican grazier rescues woman from ute roof in dangerous floodwaters

A 75-year-old Dalby Anglican and grazier used a jet ski to courageously save the life of a young woman stranded in rapid floodwaters near Dalby recently

South Sudanese Churches shelter populations displaced by floods

Churches and schools in South Sudan are providing shelter to displaced populations – after floods caused by early seasonal rainfall – submerged their homes and farmland