Flood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall. The area between Townsville and Cairns in ...

One person has died and thousands of others are under evacuation orders in Australia’s northeast after intense rain triggered ...

Devastating floods swamp Townsville and surrounding tourist areas; power outages and record rainfall wreak havoc in ...

Further north in Ingham, a rural town of about 4,500 people, the waters had most likely flooded “well north” of 100 homes, Mr Crisafulli said in a separate interview with national broadcaster ABC.

Mr Duric lives across the street from the Ross River – overflowing and fast-moving – in Idalia, one of six suburbs labelled ...

Flood-hit Townsville, a coastal tourist destination near the Great Barrier Reef, was declared a “black zone”. Read more at ...

Some areas have seen up to 600mm of rain in just 24 hours, with forecasts predicting more heavy downpours in coming days ...

Queensland's Premier David Crisafulli offered his condolences to the "tight-knit" town of Ingham, after a 63-year-old woman ...

Flooding in Australia has inflicted "incredible" devastation on communities across northern Queensland, the state's premier ...

BBC Australia reporter Simon Atkinson visits Townsville, which was hit by severe rainfall over the weekend. Dozens more USAID ...