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<i>Chris de Freitas</i>: Flood prediction fraught with uncertainty

Severe thunderstorms menace Queensland

Severe thunderstorms have hampered the reconnection of power to flood-weary southeast Queenslanders.

Queensland teen survives raging torrent

Queensland police say a teenager photographed as she was swept to what appeared to be certain death in Toowoomba has survived.

Trawlers in battle to get over the bar

Toowoomba mother, son to be buried together

About 150 mourners gathered to farewell Donna and Jordan Rice - the teen who sacrificed himself to save his brother.

Floods: now the blame game begins

As floodwaters continue to isolate large areas of Queensland and Victoria, the ground is being laid for recriminations and blame.

Floods bring wins as well as woe

Food stores forced to close

EQC passes halfway mark in claims assessment

Impact of disaster hits companies hard

Victoria, Tasmania latest states to be swamped

Labour shortage will hit rebuilding

There have been weeks of flooding in Queensland, and, for many, weeks before the dispossessed can return.

Haiti's homeless find their voice

Bull sharks spotted in floodwaters

Two bull sharks have been spotted swimming past the McDonald’s restaurant in suburban Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, 30km from the coast.

<i>Latest updates:</i> Queensland floods

Flooding and landslides hit Brazil

At least 476 people were killed when torrential rains unleashed mudslides near Rio, in Brazil.

Horror as flood sweeps away three family members

'Her legs got caught in the sleepers and she was drowning with her baby in her arms.'

<i>Jim Hopkins</i>: Just voyeurs lost in a digital world