The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Natasha Fyles has defended the construction of new homes for the remote community of Pigeon Hole in a known flood zone, saying the location was decided after consultation with residents.

Supplies are being flown, trucked and shipped thousands of kilometres across the state to remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by flood. But as waters continue to rise, operations are becoming more complicated.

Federal authorities have announced they are lifting their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities

River Murray floodwaters wiped out Peter Singh's Renmark vineyard late last year — and now he is faced with the difficult question of what to do next: rebuild or sell?