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Kiwi family's boat swept down river

A Kiwi family managed to escape just minutes before the boat they were in - their home - was swept down a raging river in Queensland.

Floodwaters take heartbreaking toll

Anne Bolland wept yesterday as swirling brown floodwaters advanced on her home in the low-lying Brisbane suburb of Milton.

Evacuations, deaths in flood alert

The death of a boy hit by a falling tree has taken Queensland's flood toll to four, as the Australian city of Bundaberg remains in the grip of its worst ever flood.

Photos: Queensland floods

Thousands of homes are underwater in Queensland and New South Wales as ex-tropical cyclone Oswald beats a devastating path down the coast, leaving authorities to prepare for another day of evacuations while floodwaters have already isolated hundreds of homes.

QLD floods: 'Emotional pummelling'

Queensland is gripped in another extraordinary flood crisis, as cities and towns across the state go under.

Queensland towns pummelled again

At least four people are feared dead in Queensland's unfolding flood crisis, which will leave the state with another massive damage bill.

Queensland soaked while Victoria burns

While firefighters yesterday continued to battle huge blazes in Victoria, floods swept through Queensland, shutting down roads, railways and airports as former cyclone Oswald inundated coastal regions.

Waiohine River flood warnings not an option

Flood fury rages in UK