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High tide threatens Brisbane

Brisbane is bracing for a high tide this afternoon as thousands evacuate due to flooding in Queensland that has left 10 dead and another 90 missing.

Flood victims' Facebook page 'desecrated'

Internet trolls have defaced a Facebook site paying tribute to the victims of the Queensland floods.

Tale of family sacrifice and tragedy

Toowoomba boy Jordan Rice, 13, has been remembered as a hero after he let his younger brother be rescued first.

Weather Watch: Worst yet to come for Queensland

Back on January 1 authorities said Queensland was facing a flood of "biblical proportions". Now, almost two weeks later, and it's hard to fathom that the "worst is yet to come" as unprecedented flooding hits the drought ravaged region.

Chaos as Brisbane abandoned for higher ground

A Kiwi living in Brisbane described the city as total chaos yesterday as people were evacuated.

Oh my God, I'm being swept away - victim

'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.

Queensland: Fury of the flood

Bystanders watched in horror as a woman only centimetres from her rescuer lost her grip on a power pole and disappeared under a torrent of dirty water during flash floods in Queensland.

<i>Weather Watch:</i> Small cyclones pack a punch too - as we know

Flooding risk as heavy rain forecast

<i>Chris de Freitas:</i> Emotion clouding underlying science of global warming

Supplies rushed in before city cut off

Some of that Queensland rain headed our way

Another significant shift in our weather pattern may be arriving as soon as Friday.

Egyptian bus swept away

Damp party predicted

Hot, cold and everything in between

<i>Weather Watch:</i> Cloudy, possibly wet New Year's Eve

There's nothing I like more than a cloudy, possibly wet, New Year's Eve - followed by a cloudless blue skied New Year's Day.

Roads reopening after South Island flooding

Wellington Harbour warning after sewage discharge