Key infrastructure and services face major challenges. Structural metal corrosion rates are projected to increase significantly at coastal locations but decrease inland . A drier climate may decrease the rate of deterioration of road pavements, but extreme rainfall events and heat pose a significant risk , especially to unsealed roads in northern Australia . Critical infrastructure on coasts is at risk from sea level rise  and storm surges . Facilities such as hospitals face weather-related hazards exacerbated by climate change and not originally anticipated in building and
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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