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The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Clean-up begins as floods move downstream

Floodwaters have peaked in the NSW town of Forbes as residents are told they can return home in Wagga Wagga.

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Woman rescued during heavy flooding in Forbes rushed to hospital for safe delivery of baby son

A pregnant woman whose waters broke during a near-record flood has been rescued by the State Emergency Services and rushed to hospital just in time to give birth.

ABC News

Flood waters continue to rise in NSW town of Forbes with peak expected Saturday night

La Niña brings an increased chance of above average rainfall for Australia’s north and east and a lingering risk of flooding for the months ahead

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Rescue efforts in full swing as Australia's inland towns brace for flood peaks

Emergency crews in Australia's most populous state New South Wales were evacuating people and livestock and sandbagging towns on Saturday ahead of an expected peak in floodwaters, with one river forecast to hit a 70-year high water mark.

Reuters

Menindee residents in far west NSW say drop-in session on flooding 'waste of time'

Outback residents of this town say a drop-in information session has left them "scratching their heads". But authorities say they are doing the best they can.

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NSW residents evacuate with over 100 rescues in a single day in flooded country town

With around 1,000 Forbes residents already affected by flood evacuation warnings in NSW, the SES is urging people to be aware of the danger as a river peak looms. Crews also rescue a pregnant woman in labour overnight.

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Pregnant woman ferried through NSW floods

Emergency responders helped a pregnant woman whose waters had broken get to hospital after the NSW town of Forbes was cut in two by floodwaters.

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LA's flood risk is higher than we knew

A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.

Salon

‘A nervous wait’: parts of regional NSW brace for worst flooding in 70 years

The Lachlan River in Forbes is expected to exceed 10.8 metres by Friday night – a level not reached since 1952

The Guardian - AU

The river will have its way: we await our fate on Wagga’s flood plain

Along with my neighbours, I’ll find out today whether the Murrumbidgee River will inundate our homes

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Vic school evacuated over levee fears

A primary school in northern Victoria was evacuated as a precaution after floodwaters pushed a nearby levee to its limits.

AAP

Murrumbidgee River peaks at Wagga Wagga, 500 door-knocked in Forbes as peak expected tomorrow morning

With 1,000 Forbes residents already inundated, the SES scrambles to alert more residents to impending risk as a river peak looms.

ABC News

UK weather: Thunderstorms on way after London hit by half a month’s rainfall in one night

Further flooding and travel disruption expected as up to 40mm rain forecast to fall in just a few hours

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Rivers hit 70-year peaks at Forbes, Wagga

The major regional NSW centre of Forbes is experiencing a blue-sky flood at levels not seen for 70 years as rivers across the state burst their banks.

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NSW failed Lismore flood victims: report

Local and state authorities failed to protect at-risk Lismore residents - the elderly, disabled and pregnant - from record-breaking floods, a new report says.

The Independent UK

UN: 2 million children in flood-hit Pakistan missing school

The U.N. children’s agency says some 2 million children in areas of Pakistan devastated by floods this summer are still missing school

The Independent UK

UK weather: London hit by flash flooding amid torrential downpours

Weather warning for rain is in place until 3pm on Thursday

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London weather: Capital hit by flash flooding amid torrential downpours

Heavy rain is causing chaos for commuters

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Flooded Rochester rallies to help hurting locals, but businesses may stay shut for months

Glenda Nichol is one of many in the flood-ravaged town of Rochester who have stepped up to be a rock for others as the community recovers.

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Divers find body in search for two men missing in flooded NSW stream

Hundreds told to evacuate homes in Forbes as rising flood water threatens to cut off properties and strand residents

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Victoria rain eases, river threat remains

It is still not safe to return to the northern Victorian town of Echuca, but flood levels are expected to drop from major to moderate overnight.

Reuters

Residents told to evacuate as flood waters rise in regional Australia

Hundreds of residents in major regional towns across Australia's most populous state are being urged to leave homes as slow-moving floodwaters push downstream and the country's fourth major flood crisis this year rolls into a second month.

ABC News

Flood emergency 'far from over', Victorian SES warns, as swollen Murray River rattles border communities

Record rainfall which fell across Victoria in October continues to pose a flood risk, with dams at capacity and authorities warning residents in the north of the state to remain on high alert.

ABC News

Body found in floodwater, man still missing as flood evacuation warnings escalate across NSW

A body has been found by police searching for two men missing in floodwaters on the Southern Tablelands, as 1,000 people told to evacuate homes near Forbes.

The Canberra Times

'I felt totally useless': Main street inundated in flash flood

Gunning residents were left shocked on Monday night as the main street flooded, causing damage which may take months to clean.

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