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.

AUSTRALIAN opposition leader Kevin Rudd yesterday suggested the government may have leaked news of his drunken visit to a New York strip club while on an official trip to the United Nations in 2003.