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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

The Guardian - AU

UK weather forecast: Bonfire night may be damp squib with showers and 16 flood alerts

The UK is set for wet and windy weather on Saturday with 16 flood alerts and three warnings in place and for bonfire night the chances of showers will depend on the area of the country

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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

Wedding bookings cancelled as Mildura prepares for Murray River flood

Mildura residents have flocked to a riverside eatery to help clear it of food and stock ahead of the moderate flooding expected over the next few weeks.

ABC News

Wagga Wagga flooding continues, hundreds evacuated as Murrumbidgee peaks

More than 700 residents of the largest inland city in NSW have spent the night away from their homes as the Murrumbidgee River invades Wagga Wagga for the first time in a decade.

ABC News

One thousand residents urged to evacuate as central west braces for flood peak – as it happened

Pregnant woman and midwife among 10 rescues in NSW town of Forbes. This blog is now closed

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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.

ABC News

Poor water quality recorded at Victorian beaches after month of severe flooding

Environmental experts are telling Victorians to head to the swimming pool over the weekend instead of the beach, with water quality across the state still poor after recent flooding.

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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.

AAP

Vintage shop devastated as floodwater flattens garden wall and pours in

Water wrecked homes and business in the Melyn area of Neath

Wales Online

'My Tesla started floating off as the street flooded and I was stuck inside'

Craig Silverthorn said his electric Tesla just shut down as it became immersed in water and started floating

Wales Online

LA's flood risk is higher than we knew

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

Salon

Landlords v renters: Who’s on the hook for flood damage costs?

Many homes around Australia have been drenched by floods this year, and sorting out who's paying for the flood damage can get a bit confusing.

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‘Ghosts of capitalism’: the push to dismantle America’s decrepit dams

Derelict dams crisscrossing the country’s rivers and tributaries disrupt the paths of migrating fish and pose a flood hazard

The Guardian - AU

Thousands left without natural gas in Lithgow and Bathurst amid cold snap

Recent flooding is believed to have caused the pipeline outage in central-west NSW and is hampering repair

ABC News

House relocations 'first preference' for flood recovery agency as buyback process begins

The first steps have been taken in the long-awaited Northern Rivers buyback scheme with a series of public information sessions offering more insight into what comes next.

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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Victoria floods: Loddon Campaspe and Goulburn Valley legal centres assist flood-affected tenants with advice

Community legal centres in the Loddon Campaspe and Goulburn Valley areas are offering free advice to people impacted by floods as political parties are questioned on how they will improve legal literacy ahead of the state election.

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

Wales Online

Road closed as floodwaters pour over wall amid torrential rain

A culvert by Castle Bingo in the Melyn Neath has allegedly burst

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

Labor hails 15% pay rise for aged care workers – as it happened

Fair Work Commission announces 15% increase after accepting sector’s workers are underpaid. This blog is now closed

The Independent UK

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

AAP

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.

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