The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Homes have been flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s southeast with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days

Thousands of people across Australia's southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks.

Residents in inner-city suburbs of Melbourne are rescued by boat as some of the worst flooding in decades hits Victoria. Meanwhile, thousands of people in in NSW and Tasmania are also under evacuation orders.

Floodwaters have forced thousands to evacuate their homes in parts of suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria on Friday after heavy rain.

Homes in Melbourne's west have been flooded, after areas near the Maribyrnong and Werribee rivers were evacuated and emergency services had to rescue trapped residents.

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The Lachlan River is still shy of its expected peak in the Central West NSW town of Forbes. Meanwhile, the Murrumbidgee flood continues to move downstream and the search for a man missing since Tuesday resumes.

Regional communities remain on high alert as flood waters continue to rise and put homes and businesses at risk.

Rain is expected to ease in Victoria but forecasters have urged people to heed warnings as water flows downstream and rivers peak.

Residents in Forbes have been evacuated due to rising floodwaters that have also caused teachers in a nearby town to take fire trucks to work.

Communities across south-east Australia are bracing for more wild weather after being lashed by heavy rainfall, with towns across Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales urged to evacuate on Thursday evening.