The Latest Breaking News from Flood

A community in the Hawkesbury is struggling to access clean drinking water months after floods destroyed critical infrastructure, including a heritage-listed bridge which is the main entry point into the area.

Almost $80m will go to schools, TAFEs and hospitals impacted by floods in Victoria, while a short reprieve along the Murray offers a fresh chance to evacuate.

Thunderstorms are forecast across inland NSW and coastal rivers, posing flooding risk for multiple parts of the state.

Flooding is not unusual in Nigeria’s massive, population-dense cities. But this year’s floods are reportedly the country’s worst in a decade. They’ve killed more than 600 people, displaced 1.4 million residents and destroyed 89,348 houses and 70,566 hectares of farmland and crops.