Southeast and southern Queensland face the prospect of further flooding after more than 100mm of rain fell in some areas since Saturday with more to come.
Staff Writers
There are no reports of injuries or damage after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck north of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Southeast and southern Queensland faces the prospect of further flooding with a low pressure system set to dump more rain on soaked catchments in both regions.
A southwest Queensland council has warned floodwaters are expected to isolate rural properties and two towns this weekend.
Fraser Barton and Marty Silk
The United States Geological Survey says an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 has struck the Macquarie Island region in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The body of a Queensland man missing after his empty car was discovered in a flooded region of the Darling Downs in the south of the state has been found.
Robyn Wuth
Officials in India say at least eleven people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in the country's remote northeast region.
Wasbir Hussain
Queensland man Keiran Wilson went missing four days ago during major flooding near Ballandean in the state's south.
Marty Silk
Floodwaters are slowly receding across Queensland with the 'gutwrenching' clean up and recovery underway.
Floodwaters continue to run in some parts of Queensland even as rain eases, with the Mary River in Gympie expected to peak at 16 metres.
Emergency services are telling Queensland residents not to get complacent as heavy rain eases across the state.
Robyn Wuth and Tara Cosoleto
Severe storms continue to bring intense rainfall and flash flooding to southern Queensland, with residents in the Lockyer Valley evacuating to higher ground.
Queenslanders whose homes were damaged by recent floods can register for grants to raise, repair, retrofit or have their home voluntarily bought back.
Flood warnings issued during the recent Brisbane floods were held up as authorities argued about the wording, a report into the disaster has revealed.
A man has been rescued from floodwaters and emergency services have had almost 40 calls for help as unseasonally heavy rain hits northern Queensland.
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck off Taiwan's eastern coast, shaking buildings in Taipei.
Intense and unseasonal rainfall is forecast for northern Queensland where residents are bracing for potentially dangerous flooding and transport disruption.
Fraser Barton
WATCH: Part of an Ellenbrook home has been gutted by fire after a blaze tore through the house on Saturday evening.
Kate Purnell
A judge in New Zealand has cleared the country's emergency management agency of safety breaches over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption.
Residents of Lismore, the epicentre of unprecedented flood devastation earlier in the year, have blamed authorities in the first hearing of a public inquiry.
Farid Farid
A man has died after falling into floodwaters in western Queensland after the region was drenched by heavy downpours.
Northern Rivers farmers whose crops were blanketed by torrential floods are turning rotting and muddy debris into a healthy by-product to enhance the soil.
One person has died and several others have been injured as a strong earthquake struck Bosnia, sending hundreds of people fleeing from their homes.
Conservation volunteers have been working to remove plastics and debris from riverbanks, beaches and waterways ahead of nationwide action with the CSIRO.
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