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 rushed yesterday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more deaths in the crisis.

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.

A WOMAN drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching “biblical proportions,” police said yesterday.

Residents of an Australian coastal city were evacuated today as surging floodwaters edged closer to their community, with one official describing the devastation as reaching “biblical proportions”.

Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in north-east Australia today as the prime minister promised new assistance to the 200,000 people affected by waters covering an area larger than France and Germany combined.