One person has died and thousands of others are under evacuation orders in Australia’s northeast after intense rain triggered ...

Flood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall. The area between Townsville and Cairns in ...

Heavy rainfall has eased, but evacuated residents of northeastern Australia have been told it is not yet safe to return home ...

Devastating floods swamp Townsville and surrounding tourist areas; power outages and record rainfall wreak havoc in ...

Some areas have seen up to 600mm of rain in just 24 hours, with forecasts predicting more heavy downpours in coming days ...

Mr Duric lives across the street from the Ross River – overflowing and fast-moving – in Idalia, one of six suburbs labelled ...

"This is going to be a recovery that doesn't go for a week or a month, this is going to take some time," Crisafulli said. A ...

A second woman has died in floodwaters in a rain-hit Queensland region as showers begin to ease following days of torrential ...

Flood-hit Townsville, a coastal tourist destination near the Great Barrier Reef, was declared a “black zone”. Read more at ...

BBC Australia reporter Simon Atkinson visits Townsville, which was hit by severe rainfall over the weekend. Dozens more USAID ...