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Power cut, state on flood alert as winds, heavy rain arrive

Thousands of homes across Victoria are without power, and Tasmanians are on flood alert as heavy rain lashes south-eastern Australia.

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Worst-case flooding in Lismore could reach 16.5m — so how likely is a Probable Maximum Flood?

A flood in Lismore could theoretically reach as high as 16.5 metres. But what would it take for this worst-case scenario and how likely is it to occur in our lifetime?

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Victoria, NSW and Tasmania prepare for flooding amid heavy rains — as it happened

Emergency school closures in Victoria and evacuation centres open in south-east Australia as floodwaters rise.

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At least 17 die in southern Pakistan bus fire

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.

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Major flood warnings issued in northern Tasmania as thousands urged to evacuate

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.

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Spring weather brings heavy rains, indicators suggest east coast flooding likely this Australian summer

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.

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Evacuation order as flooding hits Tasmania

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.

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Vic downpour prompts evacuation warning

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.

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Nearly a million affected by South Sudan flooding, warns UN

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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Editorial: After Hurricane Ian, build back different

Florida’s home-insurance business was in trouble even before Hurricane Ian tore across the state last month. Big insurers were taking their business elsewhere, smaller ones were going broke, costs due to litigation and fraud had soared, and so had premiums. The private market was pulling back as the risk of…

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'Not biblical yet': farmers await floods

With predictions of major flooding at Forbes, in the NSW central west, farmers have already lost their crops to heavy rainfall.

AAP

‘We have no dry land left’: impact of Pakistan floods to be felt for years

Floods destroyed at least 4m acres of farmland, and with large areas still under water, new crops cannot be sown

The Guardian - UK

First Brisbane flood warning took 12 hours

The report on the preparations for and response to the southeast Queensland floods has found the emergency alert system failed to warn some Brisbane residents.

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Tasmanians warned coming rains could surpass 2016 levels as authorities ready for floods

Tasmanians are being urged to prepare for a major rain event bearing down on the island, with concerns that measures put in place after the 2016 floods are incomplete and a hard-hit town is still vulnerable.

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Heavy rains, flash floods threaten Australia's southeast

Residents in Australia's southeast were warned on Wednesday to prepare for an intense weather system which could bring damaging winds and heavy rains over the next two days.

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Brisbane City Council releases new Flood Information Online tool

The overland water flows responsible for unexpectedly flooding thousands of homes in February this year has been added to a new flood map for Brisbane.

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Emergency alerts were delayed during south-east Queensland's flood disaster, report finds

An independent review finds Brisbane City Council was one of the last to issue a warning through the national emergency alert system, but the Lord Mayor says residents had been informed in other ways.

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Vic’s About To Be Splooged By A Wet Weather Dong So Check If You’re In A Flood Zone Now

Premier Daniel Andrews has warned of flash flooding in Melbourne and across the state as residents brace for Wednesday and Thursday's deluge.

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Many dams exceed water capacity

Water volume in 27 dams and reservoirs nationwide exceeds 80% of capacity, which could hinder efforts to ease flooding in many areas, according to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID).

Reuters

Dozens missing after Venezuela floods, death toll rises

Hundreds of Venezuelans roamed the streets of Las Tejerias on Tuesday, digging and searching for missing relatives amid a rising death toll from devastating weekend floods that swept through the town, leaving many wondering where they will live.

Bangkok Post

A flood of confusion

For the past two months, vast areas of the upper part of the country have been ravaged by flooding. In fact, from Sept 28 to yesterday, 54 provinces were affected including at least 240,066 households in 71,344 villages of 262 districts.

Bangkok Post

Flood relief spending to hit B23bn

The government plans to spend at least 23 billion baht to help those affected by recent flooding.

ABC News

Calls to raise Wyangala Dam wall intensify after two years of flooding and lost crops

Farmers frustrated by two years of flooding want Wyangala Dam in central west NSW to be declared critical infrastructure so a proposal to increase its capacity by 650 gigalitres is prioritised.

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Carisbrook residents continue to wait for levee almost 12 years on from devastating 2011 floods

As residents of Carisbrook in Central Victoria stare down the barrel of two days of heavy rain, they fear a repeat of 2011 when floods swept through the community.

Daily Mirror

Dad fed up with flooding takes £5 rubber ring for a dip in giant puddle on busy road

Jayme Loftus, from Greater Manchester, took to the enormous puddle in a £5 rubber ring he bought on holiday in Tenerife to demonstrate the severity of the flooding issue

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