The Latest Breaking News on Floods

The body overseeing the region's flood recovery says the scheme is "oversubscribed", with more than 8,000 applications made for assistance. Although there is an "enormous" amount of work to do, the first offers are set to be made next week.

Flood victims in the Craigie Burn area attended a meeting on Saturday to share their experiences, with some urging the council to be more proactive

Prisoners in the Kimberley are providing flood evacuees and emergency workers with meals and are gaining valuable life skills in the process.

SES called into action 19 times to free people from their vehicles and trains between Bankstown and the centre cancelled

In these threatening times, a broad discussion about the role of EQC is imperative, writes Chris Nicoll

Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand's largest city said on Monday, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country's most expensive weather event ever.

Landslips, road closures, homes and businesses flooded and more heavy rain on the way. Here is what you need to know as the severe weather continues.

Motorists will soon have more real-time traffic information at their fingertips with the NSW government adding more local roads to Live Traffic NSW - including in the Hunter.

Auckland - New Zealand’s largest city of 1.6 million people - remained under a state of emergency on Sunday

The priority is making sure Aucklanders are safe, Carmel Sepuloni says.

We’ve built our cities to be vulnerable to – and exacerbate – major weather events such as the one we saw in Auckland on Friday. While almost no city in the world could fully escape the effects of four months’ worth of rain in 24 hours, there are many things…