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NSW Mid North Coast Floods | 2025

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NSW Mid North Coast Floods | 2025

23 May 2025

Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief team has deployed volunteers to Taree, Wingham and surrounding areas to help flood-affected families clean their homes, remove mould, clear debris and begin to rebuild their lives.
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Western Queensland Floods | 2025

10 April 2025

Historic floods have devastated Western Queensland, leaving families, farmers, and entire communities facing immense loss. Homes have been inundated, livestock swept away, and critical infrastructure destroyed.
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Far North Queensland Floods | 2025

11 February 2025

Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief team deployed to Ingham and Townsville to help flood-affected families clean their homes, remove mould, clear debris and begin to rebuild their lives.
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Gold Coast Service Project | 2024

4 October 2024

Samaritan’s Purse hosted a community service project to help residents still recovering from the impacts of major storms last year.
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Gold Coast Summer Storms, QLD | 2024

12 January 2024

On Christmas day, a 4km wide tornado devastated Queensland’s Gold Coast. 121 Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief volunteers completed 75 jobs for homeowners over 5 weeks, giving a total of 5,672 hours in Jesus' name.
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Rochester, VIC | Service Project | 2023

19 October 2023

One year on following the worst flood on record, the small town of Rochester, Victoria, is still reeling to recover. Hundreds of families are still unable to return to their homes, awaiting repairs or insurance payouts to repair flood damage.
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Lismore, NSW | Flood Relief | 2023

1 June 2023

More than a year after the floods, over half of victims were still unable to return to their homes. Samaritan's Purse partnered with Resilient Lismore and deployed a team of volunteers to help more residents return home by making their houses liveable again.
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Auckland, NZ | Flood Relief | 2023

1 February 2023

On February 27, a state of emergency was declared in the city of Auckland following an unprecedented weather event that brought 249mm of torrential rain, a month’s worth, within a 24-hour period.
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Echuca, VIC | Flood Relief | 2022

27 October 2022

On October 12, consecutive months of record rainfall in central Victoria came to a head when the region’s Murray-Darling system of rivers and creeks breached, impacting over 15,000 residents. Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief Team has been on the ground since October 24 assessing the damage and working with the community’s churches and relief centres. A church partner has been established with Echuca Community Church and will form a base for operations in Echuca and Rochester.
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Lismore, NSW | Flood Relief | 2022

28 July 2022

In May 2022, Samaritan’s Purse Australian Disaster Relief deployed to Lismore, NSW in response to the devastation caused by flooding. Volunteers assisting homeowners whose properties were destroyed by the floods by removing flood-damaged furniture, cabinetry, walls, and floors as well as sanitising timber frames to prevent mould ingress.
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