Extreme weather a peril for vulnerable

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 14 2013 - 9:23am, first published January 6 2013 - 7:22am
At risk of death ... the elderly, mentally ill and homeless.
At risk of death ... the elderly, mentally ill and homeless.

Australia's most vulnerable people are at greater risk of injury and death because community organisations cannot cope with extremes of weather, says the country's peak social services group.

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