A 52-year-old man has become the second person killed in Queensland floods triggered after the remnants of Cyclone Seth drenched the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
A NSW police officer who rescued two boys from a flood-affected river will be recommended for a bravery award while wet weather continues to batter much of the state.
Severe storms have hit parts of northern NSW, delivering damaging winds and more heavy rain to saturated catchments, along with a risk of widespread flooding.
Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years are anxiously watching rescue teams search buildings, fearing the death toll from the raging torrents could rise further.
Trucks carrying water and food have streamed into a Chinese city at the centre of flooding that killed at least 63 people, while soldiers laid sandbags to fill gaps in river dykes that left neighbourhoods under water.
Days of landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in western India's Maharashtra state have killed at least 113 people and injured 50, officials say as rescuers scramble to find at least 100 missing.
Philippine authorities have moved thousands of residents in the capital, Manila, out of low-lying communities as heavy monsoon rains, compounded by a tropical storm, flooded the city and nearby provinces.
