The Latest Breaking News from Flood

The Queensland government has authorised Wivenhoe Dam operators to release drinking water into the Brisbane River in preparation for possible floods.

Parts of Forbes, including the central business district, are being told to leave as the Lachlan River continues to rise. Meanwhile, in the state's west, police are searching for a 63-year-old who went missing earlier this week.

At least 17 flood affected people died of burns in southern Pakistan on Wednesday night when the bus they were traveling caught fire as they returning home, officials said.

Several people have been rescued in Tasmania's north while residents from Latrobe to Liena and Meander to Hadspen are being urged to evacuate as the Mersey and Meander rivers rise amid increasing rainfall.

This spring is on track to be one of the wettest on record — and indicators suggest the big wet is set to continue for months to come.

Authorities have ordered people in parts of northwest Tasmania to evacuate, with flooding rivers in the top half of the state to keep rising in coming days.

Residents in low-lying areas of Central Victoria have been told they are in danger and need to move to higher ground with major flooding expected.

The number of people affected by large-scale flooding in South Sudan has doubled to almost a million since September, the UN's emergency response agency has warned.

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