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An inquest into the death of a woman who died in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-west seven years ago has heard the State Emergency Service's (SES) regional manager for the north-west ignored his colleagues' calls to evacuate the town.

LOS ANGELES — A powerful storm barreling toward California from the tropical Pacific threatens to trigger widespread river flooding throughout the state as warm rain melts a record accumulation of snowpack and sends runoff surging down mountains and into streams and reservoirs.

Craig Smith had a "major" flood in his flat in the north of Glasgow on February 14 after his bathroom water tank sprang a leak.

Eastern KY high school rebuilds band program months after devastating floods

Widespread rainfall expected in state’s south-east this weekend but nowhere near the 500mm recorded in the north-west

The largest and longest flood response operation on record from the New South Wales State Emergency Service has today come to a welcome end.

Forecasters say the result could be massive flooding and a potential for avalanches across stretches of the state.

Emergency situations are unfolding as never-before-seen floods inundate north-west Queensland and rivers rise to record levels.