A cyclone is racing towards Australia’s flood-ravaged north-east, rattling nerves throughout a region that has already suffered billions of dollars worth of damage from a months-long crisis.

A giant inland sea fed by the heavy rains that have swamped eastern Australia spread through Victoria state today, threatening rural communities.

A surging river flooded and isolated the latest community hit in Australia’s deadly flood disaster today, straining a levee serving as the main protection between the muddy waters and residents’ homes.

The funeral has taken place in Australia of a boy who died after insisting rescuers save his brother from the floods first.

Authorities told towns people in Australia’s south east to flee homes with three days of supplies today as a surging river threatened another community in the flooding crisis that has devastated the country’s mining industry.

Knee-deep water inundated communities in south-eastern Australia and split one town in two today as swollen rivers carried flood fears downstream and officials urged residents to evacuate.

Dozens of rural Australian communities were sandbagging their properties today as they nervously watched four river systems rising from heavy rains upstream.

A volunteer army waded through stinking mud and drenched homes today in a massive clean-up operation as floodwaters receded in Australia’s third-largest city.

Parts of Australia’s third-largest city reopened today as deadly floodwaters that had swamped entire neighbourhoods receded, revealing streets and thousands of homes covered in a thick layer of putrid sludge.

A teenager killed in the Toowoomba flood in Australia has been hailed a hero after he told a rescuer to save his younger brother first, minutes before he and his mother were swept away.

Floodwaters washing through Australia’s third-largest city crested today just shy of levels residents had feared most but high enough to submerge entire neighbourhoods and cause damage one official likened to the aftermath of war.

Floods poured into Brisbane’s empty centre today after leaving a deadly trail across the region in what could be its most devastating floods in a century.

Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swathe across northeast Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation’s third-largest city today, forcing people to flee both suburbs and skyscrapers.

Nine people, including four children, have been killed in flash floods in Australia.

Flash floods swept through a north-eastern Australian community today, killing one woman, trapping others in cars and leaving some clinging to trees as relentless rains brought more misery to a region battling its worst flooding in decades.

Floodwaters in an inundated city on Australia’s north-eastern coast held steady below their predicted peak today as exhausted residents were warned they would face a long wait before the mud-soaked landscape dries out.

A flooded Australian coastal city braced itself for water levels to peak today as authorities held an emergency meeting to draw up recovery plans for the 200,000 people hit by the deluge.

The flooded Australian city of Rockhampton was preparing itself for the worst today as waters continued to rise.

People in an Australian city cut off by some of the country’s worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water amid fears of snakes and even crocodiles at large.

Military flights have rushed to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by flood water as police confirmed two more deaths in the crisis.

Military planes were flying food and other supplies toward a major city being slowly swamped in Australia’s flood emergency today, and police were increasing patrols in evacuated regions amid reports of looting.