Inquiry Urges Australia to Be Better Prepared for Flooding

sydney - Rescue training for residents, including children, is among key recommendations of an independent inquiry into devastating floods this year in Australia.

The report, commissioned by the New South Wales state government, also said residents in the "highest-risk" areas near the city of Lismore should be relocated 'urgently.'

Also among the inquiry's 28 recommendations were a state buyback of flood-pr