"We haven't panicked but we are prepared. Let's hope for the best and hope we don't have to use the sand bags." The city has ...

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

Queensland's state premier said the region has faced rainfall of "monsoonal proportions" - as residents were told to be wary ...

SYDNEY (dpa): Flood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall. The area between Townsville ...

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared the floods impacting regions of North Queensland since January 29, a ...

Sydney: Fast moving floodwaters rose Monday in northeastern Australia after forcing many to flee, blacking out homes, and ...

Rising floodwaters in northeastern Queensland, Australia, caused power outages in homes and swept away part of a critical ...

Emergency alerts have been issued for multiple areas in and around Townsville, with floodwaters rising for the past three days.

One woman has died in Australia as authorities order people in the country’s flood-ravaged northeast to evacuate and be on ...

Insurers have urged the Queensland and federal governments to fund floodproofing of repeatedly inundated homes as thousands ...

The sugar-growing centre of Ingham, from where Queensland Premier David Crisafulli hails, was without mains power for a ...

The rain-soaked north of the country will continue to face heavy rainfall for days, while fires and wild storms continue to ...