Zac Dawes, the city's disaster management coordinator, announced that homes faced evacuation orders, highlighting the urgency of the situation on Sunday evening.

A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall has caused flooding in northern Queensland. Authorities are warning that flood waters could ...

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Beach hut owners have banded together in a desperate attempt to stop cabins worth a total of £640,000 being washed out to sea ...