Residents in the Australian state of Victoria remain on emergency alert for flooding today.

Reports are calling NSW's floods the worst inundation to hit the state in 50 years.

Flooding in NSW looks set to cost the state and federal governments billions of dollars in relief.

Torrential rain and gale-force winds have battered the English county of Cornwall.

Photos from the flooding in Gisborne.

Storms have dumped tonnes of water on to Queensland in the last three days.

Rain has worsened flooding on a Canterbury farm where a river has forked along an earthquake fault line, cutting through the property.

Weary Canterbury farmers picking themselves up from days of earthquakes and aftershocks face new threats.

About 600 properties face isolation as floodwaters continue to rise in northern Victoria, Australia.

The heavy rain that caused slips and surface flooding in the lower North Island is expected to stop this afternoon but many roads in the area are still closed.

Slips and surface flooding are causing havoc for motorists in the lower North Island as heavy rain and gale force winds sweep the region.

A severe heavy rain and gale weather warning is in place for much of the country as widespread flooding affects farmers.

Victoria faced its worst floods in more than a decade at the weekend, with 200mm of rain falling in some areas.