Emergency crews have been busy responding to more than 2300 incidents overnight as the effects of heavy of rainfall are felt with 200 properties flooded.
Flooding has claimed a fourth life in Australia's most populous state, with the prime minister urging people to exercise common sense as the disaster continues.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms have wreaked havoc across eastern Australia with two people rescued after their car was swept away in floodwaters and others from a NSW home.
Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding across Australia's east coast from 2020 to 2022 was exacerbated by the Black Summer bushfires, a new study has found.
Historic flooding in northwest Queensland has peaked but is likely to continue over coming days as emergency services prepare for recovery efforts after nearly 100 residents were evacuated.
Residents of a northwest Queensland town are reluctantly leaving their water-logged homes behind, while emergency services warn that power is being cut to Burketown due to the flood risks there.
New Zealand's government has announced additional funding to help rebuild flood-ravaged Auckland and other areas in the upper north island as residents of the country's second-largest city begin cleaning up.
Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand's largest city say, as insurers count the costs of what looks likely to be the country's most expensive weather event ever.
