The Latest Breaking News on Floods

California’s latest atmospheric rivers are sending rainfall higher into the mountains and onto the state’s crucial snowpack. The rain alone is a problem for low-lying areas already dealing with destructive flooding, but the prospect of rain on the deep mountain snow has triggered widespread flood warnings.

The town of Pajaro was flooded by the nearby river after repeated deluges, forcing residents to shelter at a fairground

A tiny community is still under water in northwest Queensland as locals elsewhere in the region begin to count the cost of record floods.

A farmer in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria region says the station he spent his life building up is now a scene of "complete devastation" after floods swept through the area.