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Deadly floodwaters triggered by record rainfall in Australia’s northeast rose for a third day Monday as authorities warned flood-stricken communities to brace themselves for further destruction.

Similar sodden piles line the street. Ms Collins has lived in north Queensland her whole life and says the last week of flooding was the worst she's seen. On a bench, Ms Collins is attempting to ...

“A couple days ago we didn’t expect any of the rivers to flood.” The rain could have been even more impactful if Northern California hadn’t seen an abnormally dry January. The first of the ...

Following heavy snow in Oregon and a few reports of flooding in far Northern California, the FOX Forecast Center said a resurgence in moisture will expand the rain and mountain snow once ...

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Northern California bore the brunt of the impacts, with reports of landslides and flooding in urban and low-lying areas. Two people were reported dead in Sonoma County due to the flooding, ...

Floodwaters in Ingham are beginning to subside after the Herbert River rose beyond a 15.2m flood record set almost 60 years ago. Loading Record-breaking rain has lashed north Queensland for days ...

Ingham, home to 4500 people north of Townsville, has been cut off for days as immense flooding peaked on Sunday and Monday. A woman died when an SES boat capsized on Sunday, and a 82-year-old ...

A second woman is confirmed to have died in flooding which has inflicted "incredible" devastation on communities in northern Australia. Police said the 82-year-old woman's body was found in a cane ...

The Bureau's flood forecasting and warning service uses rainfall and streamflow observations, numerical weather predictions and hydrologic models to forecast and warn for possible flood events across ...