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The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Flood warnings across the UK after torrential downpours - including 40 flood alerts

It comes as the UK has been battered with torrential rain overnight, with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for rain as well as multiple flood warnings

Daily Mirror

Flood-weary New South Wales towns face huge clean up

Flood-hit homes and businesses in Forbes will be assessed for damage as the focus extends to other downstream towns in New South Wales.

The New Daily

NSW floods: three towns cut off by water relying on airdrops for food and medical supplies

Walgett, Collarenebri and Lightning Ridge isolated as more than 140 flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales and Victoria

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NSW flood: Forbes surveys damage from near-record flood as central west NSW towns brace for inundation

Receding floodwaters are allowing some evacuated residents to fully comprehend the extent of damage to their homes and businesses.

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Victoria's flood disaster continues to unfold as Murray River floodwater moves west, affecting Echuca, Swan Hill and Koondrook

Border communities are continuing to brace themselves as Victoria's flood emergency continues to impact the state's north, with more evacuation warnings issued over the weekend.

ABC News

UK hit hard by floods after night of torrential rain followed by more downpours

A yellow weather warning of heavy rain causing potential flooding to homes is in place for large parts of south-east England including London

Daily Mirror

Flood-weary NSW towns face huge clean up

An aerial assessment of Forbes had indicated "hundreds" of homes and businesses in the NSW town have been impacted by flooding, the SES says.

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Body found of second man who died when ute was swept off causeway in NSW floods

Floods crisis continues across NSW and Victoria although waters are subsiding in parts of the country including Forbes and Wagga Wagga

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Flood threat remains in NSW; Daniel Andrews asks ‘what is the point’ of Herald Sun story revisiting his fall – as it happened

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Second body found in central west NSW as large parts of the state experience near-record floods

A second body has been found in Central west NSW, as the Forbes CBD remains submerged by the worst flooding in 70 years.

ABC News

Clean-up begins as floods move downstream

Floodwaters have peaked in the NSW town of Forbes as residents are told they can return home in Wagga Wagga.

AAP

Woman rescued during heavy flooding in Forbes rushed to hospital for safe delivery of baby son

A pregnant woman whose waters broke during a near-record flood has been rescued by the State Emergency Services and rushed to hospital just in time to give birth.

ABC News

Flood waters continue to rise in NSW town of Forbes with peak expected Saturday night

La Niña brings an increased chance of above average rainfall for Australia’s north and east and a lingering risk of flooding for the months ahead

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Rescue efforts in full swing as Australia's inland towns brace for flood peaks

Emergency crews in Australia's most populous state New South Wales were evacuating people and livestock and sandbagging towns on Saturday ahead of an expected peak in floodwaters, with one river forecast to hit a 70-year high water mark.

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Menindee residents in far west NSW say drop-in session on flooding 'waste of time'

Outback residents of this town say a drop-in information session has left them "scratching their heads". But authorities say they are doing the best they can.

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NSW residents evacuate with over 100 rescues in a single day in flooded country town

With around 1,000 Forbes residents already affected by flood evacuation warnings in NSW, the SES is urging people to be aware of the danger as a river peak looms. Crews also rescue a pregnant woman in labour overnight.

AAP

Pregnant woman ferried through NSW floods

Emergency responders helped a pregnant woman whose waters had broken get to hospital after the NSW town of Forbes was cut in two by floodwaters.

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LA's flood risk is higher than we knew

A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.

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‘A nervous wait’: parts of regional NSW brace for worst flooding in 70 years

The Lachlan River in Forbes is expected to exceed 10.8 metres by Friday night – a level not reached since 1952

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The river will have its way: we await our fate on Wagga’s flood plain

Along with my neighbours, I’ll find out today whether the Murrumbidgee River will inundate our homes

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Vic school evacuated over levee fears

A primary school in northern Victoria was evacuated as a precaution after floodwaters pushed a nearby levee to its limits.

ABC News

Murrumbidgee River peaks at Wagga Wagga, 500 door-knocked in Forbes as peak expected tomorrow morning

With 1,000 Forbes residents already inundated, the SES scrambles to alert more residents to impending risk as a river peak looms.

The Independent UK

UK weather: Thunderstorms on way after London hit by half a month’s rainfall in one night

Further flooding and travel disruption expected as up to 40mm rain forecast to fall in just a few hours

AAP

Rivers hit 70-year peaks at Forbes, Wagga

The major regional NSW centre of Forbes is experiencing a blue-sky flood at levels not seen for 70 years as rivers across the state burst their banks.

AAP

NSW failed Lismore flood victims: report

Local and state authorities failed to protect at-risk Lismore residents - the elderly, disabled and pregnant - from record-breaking floods, a new report says.

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