Angry flood victim confronts NSW premier
An emotional victim has confronted the NSW premier over the lack of support after powerful flash flooding flattened Eugowra.
Disaster and Accident
Fears for third person in NSW floodwaters
There are fears a third person has been swept away in NSW floodwaters as the Lachlan River in the inundated town of Forbes, peaks just below the 70-year record.
Another Australian dies after Seoul crush
A second Australian woman has died following a crowd crush that claimed more than 150 lives in the South Korean capital over Halloween.
Two missing in flood-hit NSW town
Emergency crews are in the midst of an urgent search for a man and a woman believed to have gone missing during severe flooding in the NSW town of Eugowra.
‘Unbelievable’ flood rips up NSW town
The central-western NSW town of Molong has been devastated after wild storms hit, as people trapped in floodwaters are dozens were rescued from their roofs.
Storms threaten more flooding in NSW, Vic
Storms are forecast across multiple parts of the country as a humid air mass tracks north east, heightening the flood risk across soaked river catchments.
NSW towns bracing for wet, stormy weekend
Flood-impacted towns across New South Wales are on high alert as thunderstorms begin creeping through the state ahead of forecast downpours over the weekend.
Flood-weary NSW towns face huge clean up
An aerial assessment of Forbes had indicated "hundreds" of homes and businesses in the NSW town have been impacted by flooding, the SES says.
Family pays tribute to crowd crush victim
Grace Rached, a 23-year-old Sydney film production assistant, has been identified as the Australian killed in a deadly Halloween tragedy in South Korea.
Damaging winds hit eastern Australia
Severe weather warnings for damaging winds are in place from NSW down to Tasmania.
East coast on alert for wild weather
Residents in four states have been put on alert for wild weather, which could cause more problems in flood-affected communities.
Vic flood gastro fears, $130m for clean-up
Some $130 million will go towards clearing public land damaged in Victorian floods just as a gastroenteritis outbreak poses a new health threat.
Premier tours flooded NSW regions
Flood warnings and evacuations stretch "from one end of NSW to the other" as Premier Dominic Perrottet begins visiting affected communities.
‘Battered’ NSW braces for continued floods
Thunderstorms are forecast across inland NSW, the Mid North Coast and the Northern Rivers, posing flooding risks for multiple parts of the state.
Flood threat looms in northern Victoria
Water is quickly rising in towns across northern Victoria while southwestern parts of the state have experienced wild weather overnight.
NSW faces ‘very dangerous’ 48 hours
With new weather systems closing in on NSW, residents across the state are being warned rain and floods pose massive risks to lives and homes.
Flood levees tested as Vic rivers rise
Flood waters have peaked in the cut-off northern Victorian town of Kerang, while Echuca residents brace for the Murray River to hit its high.
Levees tested as Vic flood peaks arrive
Flood waters have peaked in the cut-off northern Victorian town of Kerang, while Echuca residents brace for the Murray River to hit its high.
Australia’s COVID-19 response was overreach
Australia’s response to COVID-19 exacerbated existing inequalities within the society, according to an independent review, which urges that “overreach” be avoided in dealing with future such crises
‘Hit and miss’ storms to dump rain on NSW
Widespread thunderstorms are predicted for NSW into the weekend, bringing renewed swelling of flooding rivers and yet more rain to the sodden state.
Body found in floodwaters as rain hits NSW
More dangerous thunderstorms are threatening to bring renewed flood risks across NSW, as police confirm a man's body has been found in floodwaters.
NSW floods to ‘continue for months’
More widespread rain across NSW is fuelling continued flooding as rivers rise, people evacuate towns and authorities warn the floods will continue for months.
Man dead in Vic floods, more cash relief
A second man has been found dead in Victorian floodwaters, as the state and federal governments announce more cash relief for victims.
Relief on offer for flood-ravaged Victoria
Victoria is set to be pummelled with more rain this week after thousands of residents were already forced to flee their homes due to unprecedented floods.
Too late to leave for those in Vic’s north
Residents in Shepparton, Orrvale, Kialla West, and Mooroopna in Victoria's north have been warned it is too late to leave their homes.
Floodwaters to cut off Vic town for a week
A Victorian town is preparing to be isolated by floodwaters, as the flooding disaster unfolds and the state announces a $351 million recovery package.
Victoria floods ravage city and regions
Floods have left hundreds isolated and homes inundated in Victoria as officials green-light using a retired quarantine facility as emergency accommodation.
Vic homes under threat from major flooding
Hundreds of low-lying properties in central Victoria are under threat from major flooding, with residents in danger told to evacuate.
How the Bali bombings Australia and Indonesia closer together
At first, it wasn’t clear how the bombings in Kuta would affect relations between Australia and Indonesia. Then-Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has spoken of his fear the bombings would drive a wedge between the two countries, with the public in each blaming the other.
Man dies in floodwaters, more rain for NSW
A man has died in floodwaters in central western NSW as already sodden communities such as Forbes take precautions ahead of another deluge.
Man dies in floodwaters, rain to return
A man has died in floodwaters in NSW's central west as people across the state remain on high alert, with another deluge due to hit.