Northern Beaches Council is to be a key partner in a three-year, research and development project to develop a national Early Warning System to alert coastal communities of impending storm-wave damage, potentially saving lives and preventing billions of dollars in property damage.Collaroy and Narrabeen Beach were themselves severely impacted by the powerful East Coast Low storm event that ravaged the NSW, Queensland, Victorian and Tasmanian coastlines in June 2016.The Northern Beaches community is also home to Australia’s longest-running (40+ years) and most comprehensive coastline monitoring program, making it a perfect fit for the collaborative project which will also involve: the City of Mandurah (south of Perth, WA);the Australian Bureau of Meteorology;the United States Geological Survey;the Universities of NSW and Western Australia;the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, andthe Western Australia Department of Transport.
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