Get Ready
Queensland is Australia's most disaster-prone state and the Gold Coast has its fair share of natural disasters. Being prepared can help safeguard your family, pets and property against severe storms, cyclones, floods and bushfires.
By making a plan now, you can help keep your home, loved ones and community safer.
It's easy to do and it won't take you long.
Households that plan together stay safer together.
Make sure you get the household involved so everyone knows what to do if the weather turns bad.
You might even want to include your neighbours or friends.
Subscribe to Gold Coast Alerts
Receive severe weather alert notifications about potentially dangerous situations like flooding and bushfires in your local area.
Subscribe to Gold Coast Alerts
Understand the warnings
Emergencies can escalate quickly, so staying informed is important.
Warnings are issued by the City of Gold Coast and emergency services when a hazard is active or predicted. These warnings may relate to severe weather, floods, cyclones, tsunamis, extreme heat, or bushfires.
Knowing what the warnings mean before an emergency can help you make faster, safer decisions.
The warnings will come in one of 3 levels:
- Advice (yellow)
- Watch and Act (orange)
- Emergency Warning (red)
To learn more, visit Watch for the Warnings
Natural hazards that can impact the Gold Coast
Learn more about how you can protect yourself, family and property before, during and after the following disasters:
Visit the Queensland Government website for information about what to do before, during and after the following disaster events:
Disaster recovery
We coordinate recovery programs with our partner organisations to help restore our communities, environment infrastructure and economy after a disaster. Find out what community support is available after a disaster.
Visit the Disaster recovery page
Domestic violence
Natural disasters have been shown to increase instances of domestic and family violence. If you or someone you know are affected by this, please reach out for help.
Visit the Domestic & family violence page