Residents and workers flee as the devastating Queensland flooding hits Australia's third-largest city.

Whole families are unaccounted for after flash floods in southern Queensland, with eight confirmed dead and Premier Anna Bligh warning the toll could rise dramatically.

Authorities expect to find more bodies in Queensland communities torn apart by flash floods that have so far killed eight people and left 72 missing.

A year on from the devastating January 12 earthquake, the effects of the disaster are still being felt in Haiti.

At least eight are dead and 72 unaccounted for after a wall of water rushed through the Australian city of Toowoomba.

A quick wrap of how the Queensland media is reporting the devastating effects of the floods across the state.

The devastating Queensland floods are now threatening the state's largest city, Brisbane, where the city council is offering sandbags to residents in low-lying parts of the city.

The floodwaters that have isolated towns, forced thousands from their homes, and devastated crops and industry appear to have peaked.

Queensland residents are about to begin the monumental task of cleaning up their properties as floodwaters start to recede.

There have been almost 3500 claims so far from the Boxing Day earthquake that struck Canterbury, the Earthquake Commission said today.

Queensland is losing up to $131m a day in coal exports over floods which have left 40 towns isolated or partly underwater.

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A nine-year-old Auckland boy survived going over a 20m waterfall in Queensland.

New Zealand will send a Civil Defence emergency response team to flood-ravaged Queensland.

Sunny, hot and calm weather is expected to last only until Wednesday.

Queensland is suffering a disaster "of biblical proportions" that will set back its economic recovery, state Treasurer Andrew Fraser says.

Rockhampton's airport is closing to commercial flights this afternoon as floodwaters take hold in the Queensland town.