Afternoon Update: PM’s climate warning; Coalition on track to reunite; and New Zealand’s moose mystery

A major clean-up is under way in Taree in NSW, where a record deluge has inundated the Manning river. Photograph: Dean Sewell/ Oculi/The Guardian

Welcome, readers, to the Afternoon Update.

Anthony Albanese has warned extreme weather events such as the New South Wales floods are becoming more frequent and intense in Australia, after three days of devastating rain and winds have so far left four people dead and at least one person still missing.