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Hundreds of residents in flood-ravaged Australia's southeast were rescued by helicopter and boat after rivers rose rapidly on Tuesday, cutting off entire towns and inundating houses, highways, bridges and farms.

Watch: Lives under threat in NSW Central West floods. Victoria's flood threat remains. South Australia power outage shuts schools. Albanese to meet

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Heavy rainfall predictions prompt warnings in New South Wales, as the state's premier asks people to follow evacuation orders.

Spring is here, and with it comes the threat of more floods. Australia is currently experiencing its third consecutive year of a La Niña weather cycle. This means we expect more rainfall than average over the spring and summer months. There is heightened risk of floods, tropical cyclones, prolonged heatwaves…

Flooding across Victoria is set to continue through the week after already-full waterways and catchments were put to the test over the weekend.

Emergency crews are in the midst of an urgent search for a man and a woman believed to have gone missing during severe flooding in the NSW town of Eugowra.

The warning is in place for Tuesday across southern England, Wales and parts of Scotland

As residents are helicoptered to safety from the isolated town, a community rallies to give hope

Weather warnings across NSW, SA and Victoria; further hacked Medibank data posted on dark web