This case study on a Mackay resident highlights the interplay between the different functional areas of recovery and how external influencing factors can create cascading recovery challenges for individuals.

The Captain Creek Rural Fire Brigade arranged an emergency services meet and greet for the Captain Creek community. Approximately 100 residents from Captain Creek and surrounding area attended.

The fires enabled one property holder to reclaim land in the Blue Mountain/Carmila region.

Sarina Range Reconstruction of critical infrastructure and restoration of community wellbeing have been vital to the recovery of the Sarina Range district following the impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017.

It was just five months from destruction to reconstruction for the Alan Wilke Bridge, which was reopened to traffic ahead of schedule after the Albert River, swollen by flood waters from Severe Tropical Cyclone (STC) Debbie, broke its

When floodwaters from ex-STC Debbie inundated the house of an elderly couple in their mid-seventies, community organisations and government agencies worked together to bridge the gap and help them rebuild their lives on the Logan prope

A crucial part of disaster recovery is supporting clinicians on the frontline. The widespread nature of STC Debbie meant expertise was needed in regions in Queensland’s far north and west.

Restoration of a vital link over the Coomera River on the Gold Coast was a priority rebuild for the City of Gold Coast following ex-cyclone Debbie.

Event summary

The Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie & Associated Rainfall & Flooding, 28 March – 6 April 2017 event saw the cyclone cross the Queensland coast at Airlie Beach as a Category 4 system, hit coastal communities