The Latest Breaking News from Flood

From Vermont to Montana, efforts are under way to protect residents in flood-vulnerable locations

Their classrooms were flooded and some of their HSC work was washed away, but year 12 students from the flood-stricken Northern Rivers region have triumphed in the face of adversity.

The federal government rejects Riverland wine industry's call for immediate financial assistance despite a warning more than 200 hectares of vineyards are forecast to be lost to floodwaters in a week's time.

Riverland irrigators say that, despite the inundation of their region, they are facing the possibility of being unable to water their crops because of unexpected power cuts to their pumps.

Beset by bureaucracy, Resilience NSW and its head Shane Fitzsimmons have been axed in favour of a new authority tasked with rebuilding after natural disasters.

Volunteering SA is urging people to register to help over the coming months with the clean-up after the Murray River floods.

The former NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner is axed by the government after heavy criticism of Resilience NSW's response to the flood emergency earlier this year.

Since September, heavy rainfalls and floods have devastated many parts of Thailand, affecting nearly 40% of the country. Roads were closed, transport was disrupted. Standing in knee-deep waters, the navy helped carry the elderly and vulnerable, while others resorted to boats for transportation.

Home owners across the country say hefty increases on their home insurance premiums are "inequitable" because they don't live on flood-prone properties.

Many children have spent weeks separated from at least one parent as families in flood-ravaged communities juggle work, school and farm life. Here's how a group of mums and some 'floody buddies' are easing the trauma.

Frances Spanner and Tony King fear they'll spend Christmas with "no home and no hope" after the flooding gutted their home a second time in Herne Bay Kent and destroyed their renovation works