Let’s talk about the weather: injuries related to extreme weather

This report describes a subset of injuries which could reasonably be associated with specific extreme weather events or related natural hazards that occurred between June 2012 and 2022. The report also discusses existing and potential data sources on weather-related injury in Australia, along with opportunities to improve systematically collected data.

The report concludes that 348 injury hospitalisations and 77 deaths related to extreme rain or storms, and 773 injury hospitalisations and 242 deaths related to extreme cold, were identified in the 10-year period analysed in this report. When compared to other types of extreme weather in Australia, deaths due to storms and floods typically impact males and younger people