The Latest Breaking News from Flood

Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river

Since the sudden flooding that began on June 19, residents have been scrambling for dry land, food and clean water. Rahul Karmakar reports on the ferocity of the floods in Assam, the blame game on what caused them, and the palpable anxiety in Barak Valley about the days ahead

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Sydneysiders are on high alert for possible flash flooding and landslips, after the weather bureau issued a severe warning for heavy rainfall from Saturday.

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Bureau of Meteorology warns of severe weather for Sydney and issues flood warnings for mid-north coast

Forecasters are warning NSW residents to brace for hundreds of millimetres of rain, flooding and possible landslips as a dangerous system forms over the coast.

At noon on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a flood watch warning for the Hunter.

The debris also blocked a mountain river leading to flood alerts being issued in the area