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Parts of the UK have been told to prepare for flooding amid heavy downpours on Tuesday after last week's cold spell ended with a dramatic double-figures temperature rise

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The Met Office warned that heavy rain could flood roads, homes and businesses, potentially causing travel chaos

Flooding and severe travel disruption is likely as heavy rain sweeps across the country and UK drivers embark on more than 20 million car trips to see friends and family in the run-up to Christmas

Vet nurse Kerry Machado and her trained rescue team spend their free time in boats rescuing drenched wombats, kangaroos, lizards and echidnas, as floodwaters continue to rise in South Australia.

Australians are fortunate to have access to safe and healthy drinking water in our towns and cities, which is acknowledged as a basic human need globally. Sadly, the World Health Organization estimates about 2 billion people across the world are not so lucky.

Nearly 10 months on from catastrophic floods in the Lismore region, local doctors battling to re-establish full services say their calls for support are being ignored by the state and federal governments.

The South Australian government has begun providing more direct support for flood-affected communities along the Murray.