The Latest Breaking News on Floods

School bus swept into river near Batchelor, south of Darwin, three students rescued

Northern Territory Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a school bus being swept off a flooded causeway in the Top End yesterday.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

Nation's waterlogged north faces renewed flood threat

Northern Queensland and NT communities are bracing for more rainfall, with some regions still cut off after months.

AAP · Mar 8, 2023

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles defends NT government decision to rebuild homes on floodplain in Pigeon Hole

Natasha Fyles has defended the construction of new homes for the remote community of Pigeon Hole in a known flood zone, saying the location was decided after consultation with residents.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

Beeston water main burst leaves multiple homes flooded with residents evacuated

Emergency services and Severn Trent are at the scene.

Nottingham Post · Mar 7, 2023

Beeston water burst leaves homes flooded as 'stones also thrown into the air'

A number of roads are flooded

Nottingham Post · Mar 7, 2023

New maps show areas of UK most at risk of flood damage after experts' grim warning

Researchers have revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth over the next century and can only be avoided if countries stick to their Net Zero promises

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Month-long wait expected for some residents evacuated from flood-affected NT remote communities

Authorities say it is likely to be at least a month before residents from two flooded remote communities are able to return to home, as heavy rain and rising rivers isolate more communities and threaten food supplies.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

5th body found in Malaysia floods; over 40,000 displaced

Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

NT government ignored pleas to relocate Pigeon Hole from floodplain, mayor says

Letters show the mayor of a region devastated by floodwaters had warned the Northern Territory government about the dangers of building new homes near a river bank.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023