The Latest Breaking News on Floods

‘There’s not much we can do except wait’, say residents anxious to check on damage to homes and businesses

Hundreds of properties in Australia's southeast, scrubbed and cleaned two weeks ago after major flooding, were inundated again on Thursday as officials issued fresh evacuation orders while Singaporean rescue specialists arrived to aid relief efforts.

The SES says homes in Condobolin that were never thought to be at risk have become inundated, while the flood upstream at Forbes is believed to have peaked.

Flood emergencies are continuing to threaten lives and property in parts of New South Wales and Victoria. As it happened.

From changing modes of transport to splitting families in half, flooding on the Hay Plains has impacted almost all aspects of daily life.

There's a small chance of flooding and disruption

Communities across NSW are enduring more severe flooding as the state deals with the largest flood-related emergency response in its history — this is what it looks like.

The government can construct massive pipelines for gas export if money can be made, but when it comes to saving lives and livelihoods it apparently doesn't rate high on the need to do list in this state.

The Environment Agency had already issued three flood warnings and 43 flood alerts that cover much the south coast, with Brits warned against more hammering rain