Disaster recovery information in your language

Information about natural disasters in Queensland and how to prepare for them is available in a range of languages. The translated fact sheets below also include the types of financial assistance grants that may be available following a disaster.

If you cannot find information in your language, please phone 13 QGOV (13 74 68) to access interpreting and translating services.

To apply for grants—or locate a Community Recovery Hub or support service, where available—visit the Disaster support and recovery page.

Translated fact sheets about natural disasters and financial assistance grants

Available in the following languages:

• English (PDF, 385 KB)
• Arabic (PDF, 501 KB)
• Burmese (PDF, 506 KB)
• Cantonese (PDF, 537.5 KB)
• Chin Hakha (Myanmar) (PDF, 510.3 KB)
• Dari (Iran) (PDF, 496 KB)
• Dinka (South Sudan) (PDF, 544.3 KB)
• Dutch (PDF, 478.8 KB)
• Dzongkha (Tibet) (PDF, 496.9 KB)
• French (PDF, 473.5 KB)
• German (PDF, 469.3 KB)
• Greek (PDF, 478.9 KB)
• Gujarati (PDF, 501.6 KB)
• Hazaraghi (PDF, 519.7 KB)
• Hindi (PDF, 497.9 KB)
• Hmong (PDF, 466.3 KB)
• Indonesian (PDF, 464 KB)
• Italian (PDF, 470.2 KB)
• Japanese (PDF, 528.5 KB)
• Karen (Tibet) (PDF, 493.9 KB)
• Kirundi (Rwanda) (PDF, 493.9 KB)
• Korean (PDF, 484.8 KB)
• Malay (PDF, 463.7 KB)
• Mandarin (PDF, 524.1 KB)
• Portuguese (PDF, 466.5 KB)
• Punjabi (PDF, 476.5 KB)
• Rohingya (PDF, 466.3 KB)
• Russian (PDF, 450.3 KB)
• Samoan (PDF, 517.1 KB)
• Somali (PDF, 463.9 KB)
• Spanish (PDF, 472.1 KB)
• Swahili (PDF, 463.7 KB)
• Tagalog (Filipino) (PDF, 465.6 KB)
• Tamil (PDF, 484.5 KB)
• Thai (PDF, 496.1 KB)
• Tigrinya (Eritrea) (PDF, 481.7 KB)
• Tok Pisin (PNG) (PDF, 464.7 KB)
• Tongan (PDF, 487.2 KB)
• Ukrainian (PDF, 476.4 KB)
• Vietnamese (PDF, 484.4 KB)

Common types of disasters in Queensland

Easy English

• Bushfires (PDF, 219.5 KB) (DOCX, 309.1 KB)
• Cyclones (PDF, 268.4 KB) (DOCX, 340.8 KB)
• Earthquakes (PDF, 224.6 KB) (DOCX, 296.8 KB)
• Floods (PDF, 224.7 KB) (DOCX, 609.6 KB)
• Severe weather (PDF, 234.2 KB) (DOCX, 328.2 KB)

Yumplatok - Torres Strait Creole

• Bushfires (PDF, 355.5 KB) (DOCX, 329.3 KB)
• Cyclones (PDF, 325 KB) (DOCX, 203.6 KB)
• Earthquakes (PDF, 306.3 KB) (DOCX, 209 KB)
• Floods (PDF, 344.1 KB) (DOCX, 202.9 KB)
• Severe weather (PDF, 320.3 KB) (DOCX, 200 KB)

Wik-Iinjtjenj - Wik-Ngathan

• Bushfires (PDF, 283.1 KB) (DOCX, 305.7 KB)
• Cyclones (PDF, 700.8 KB) (DOCX, 229.9 KB)
• Earthquakes (PDF, 686.1 KB) (DOCX, 235.1 KB)
• Floods (PDF, 577.6 KB) (DOCX, 235.8 KB)
• Severe weather (PDF, 556.3 KB) (DOCX, 217.8 KB)

Audio files

Wik-Mungkan

• Preparing for bushfires and heatwaves (MP3, 0.99 MB)
• Preparing for cyclones and floods (MP3, 1.33 MB)
• Emergency hardship assistance (MP3, 1.48 MB)
• Essential services hardship assistance grant (MP3, 1.09 MB)
• Income tested grants (MP3, 1.26 MB)

Yumplatok – Torres Strait Creole

• Preparing for bushfires and heatwaves (MP3, 805 KB)
• Preparing for cyclones and floods (MP3, 930 KB)
• Emergency hardship assistance (MP3, 800 KB)
• Essential services hardship assistance (MP3, 721 KB)
• Income tested grants (MP3, 760 KB)

Posters

Wik-Mungkan

• Preparing for bushfires and heatwaves poster (PDF, 100.6 KB)
• Preparing for cyclones and floods poster (PDF, 93.9 KB)

Yumplatok – Torres Strait Creole

• Preparing for bushfires and heatwaves poster (PDF, 101.7 KB)
• Preparing for cyclones and floods poster (PDF, 94.3 KB)