SES is working with local community at high risk of flooding to develop Community Protection Flood Plans and guides. This helps local community resilience in the face of flooding events. Find out more about the Storm and Flood Ready Program.

Available local community flood guides

General flood preparedness guidance

Upcoming local community flood guides

SES is working or plans to work with the following communities on community protection planning. These communities all have a history of damaging riverine flooding. A state level flood risk assessment is underway. This will inform future community protection planning.

  • Deloraine
  • Meander township and surrounds
  • Longford
  • Launceston levee protected areas – Inveresk, Invermay, Newstead
  • Huonville and Ranelagh
  • Upper Huon River communities
  • Mountain River communities
  • Franklin and surrounds
  • Cygnet and surrounds
  • Dover and the far South
  • Wivenhoe
  • Smithton and surrounds
  • Westbury/ Quamby Brook
  • Bracknell
  • Campbell Town
  • Ross
  • Avoca/ Fingal
  • Mole Creek and surrounds
  • Wynyard and surrounds
  • Branxholm and Derby
  • Dynnyrne – Sandy Bay Rivulet
  • New Norfolk and other Derwent Valley communities
  • Kingston Beach
  • Triabunna
  • Swansea
  • Cranbrook, Swanwick and surrounds
  • Gawler
  • East Ulverstone and surrounds
  • Penguin and surrounds

For known flood prone communities without community protection plans, there are links to local council flooding information as an interim measure to find out more about flooding in your local area.

View easy read resource – Be ready for storms and floods.

Find flood information for your area

West Ulverstone and lower Leven River
Flood Information
St Marys - The East Coast
Flood Information
South Hobart
Flood Information
Northern Midlands
Flood Information
New Town – Lenah Valley
Flood Information
Moonah – Derwent Park
Flood Information
Launceston - Launceston and Northern Tasmania
Flood Information
Hobart CBD and surrounds - Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Flood Information
Gunns Plains and surrounds
Flood Information
Glenorchy city and suburb - Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Flood Information
Campbell Town
Flood Information
Burnie - North West Tasmania
Flood Information