The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Maitland mayor Philip Penfold says NSW Labor's plan to ditch the government's road reclassification program, which would see the state take back responsibility of local roads, in favour of a $670 million emergency road repair fund will cripple local councils in the long run.

As rising floodwaters surrounded their vehicle on a remote road in the Northern Territory earlier this week, Tess Foxworthy pulled out her phone to capture the predicament she and her colleague were in.

Good news for most Californians who owes taxes to the federal or state government: The deadline for filing your return and paying what you owe has been pushed back to October.

The Queensland government has appointed a familiar face to lead the state's disaster recovery agency following the departure of chief executive Brendan Moon.

The Hawkesbury River in New South Wales has flooded multiple times since the last state election. As voters prepare to head to the polls this month, debate rages about how to manage future floods for those residents determined to stay.

Council response to planning application states that tourist accommodation is considered ‘most vulnerable’.

Coal mining provided jobs for decades but has left the land vulnerable to fatal floods

An inquest into the death of a 75-year-old Tasmanian woman who drowned in her Latrobe home in 2016 has heard family members made desperate calls to the SES and police prior to her death.

Temporary roadworks on the M1 at the Gold Coast in February and March of 2022 may have caused "additional flooding above the floorboards" in up to 25 homes, according to a hydrology report released by the state government.

Two people have drowned in recent weeks while trying to swim across the Fitzroy River after once-in-a-century floods in Western Australia's north.

Rescuers in boats have retrieved families trapped on rooftops and hauled others to safety as villages in parts of Malaysia were submerged in floodwaters