The Latest Breaking News on Floods

It might have been deja vu for the floods of a fortnight ago - but last night’s weather event looked very different by the light of day

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive response to widespread flooding that has affected seven of the country's nine provinces.

The Bureau of Meteorlogy said a "moist and unstable airmass is producing isolated heavy falls with thunderstorms".

A new rural roads alliance says an already strained supply chain is further being strangled by an inadequate national road network and it's calling on the federal government to pay attention.

BlazeAid is on a mission to mend kilometres of busted fence lines and battered spirits after floods ravaged parts of the Hunter last year.

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says all residents in the state's flood-hit Riverland and Murraylands regions will now be eligible for the free JEV vaccine.

SA Power Networks says it's continuing to work to restore electricity supplies to those homes, businesses and irrigators hit by flooding along the Murray River.

The Commonwealth is reviewing whether disaster funding arrangements are fit for purpose with nearly 70 per cent of Australians in disaster-hit zones.

Critical infrastructure – such as airports, significant roads and our water systems – should be treated as too important to fail. The recent floods are a warning that prioritising resilience for our infrastructure is urgently needed

Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder that our basic infrastructure lacks the resilience needed to survive major weather events.