Natural disasters forecast to cost Australia’s young people $100bn by 2060

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Kangaroo Valley was hit by raging fires and floods three times in three years.

In 2019, the black summer bushfires had forced Layla Wang's family to flee their home. Then in 2022, after floods and landslides isolated the valley, she was trapped there, spending several stressful" weeks isolated from school - in the middle of year 12, with no access to her classes and limited resources.