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Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flooding as seen from the air in October.

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The Burnett River at Burnett Heads, north of Bundaberg, where a man was reported missing after flooding in the region.

Missing man found alive as floods spark more rescues

A man has been found alive two days after disappearing into a flooded river from a houseboat, as a developing weather system threatens to bring more destructive rain.

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Major General Andrew Freeman with Malaysian Army Major General Dato’ Azhan bin Hj Md Othman in Canberra last year.

Taxpayer funding pulled from disaster response team after allegations of fraud

Disaster Relief Australia was feted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and led by two of Australia’s most decorated military commanders.

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Police at Burnett Heads, north of Bundaberg, where a man was reported missing as the floodwater receded.

Man missing from houseboat in flood-ravaged Queensland town

A search is under way for a man missing in a river north of Bundaberg days after two tourists were found dead in their flooded vehicle.

  • Dominique Tassell
Two Chinese tourists were killed after their car was inundated near Kilkivan, about 230 kilometres north of Brisbane.

Tourists found dead in flooded car might have driven off bridge: police

The pair were headed for a fruit picking job in Central Queensland on Tuesday when they lost contact with friends in Brisbane.

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Water rescue crews and extra emergency services, including more than 30 police officers, have been sent to the Bundaberg region.

Tourists missing after failing to reach destination in flood zone

The pair, believed to be road-tripping to Queensland’s sodden North Burnett region, were last heard from on Wednesday morning.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Drone images of Bundaberg and Burnett River on Tuesday, March 10 afternoon.

Roads cut, power switched off, residents isolated as Bundaberg floods

Hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded in Bundaberg, with the mayor saying the recovery process could take months.

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Gundiah Memorial Hall, on the Fraser Coast, shared a photo of a flood road online.

Disaster declared as Queensland city braces for flooding

The Bureau of Meteorology warned that flooding could match the disaster that struck the town in December 2010.

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Arial footage of flash flooding along the Calder Highway in Mildura.

Flood warnings downgraded in state’s north after drenching

Mildura in Victoria’s north recorded almost half its usual annual rainfall total since Saturday.

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Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flooding as seen from the air in October.

Fires and floods, fires and floods: Australia’s summer of extremes

Australia’s summer has been marked by repeated cycles of bushfires followed by floods, as Lake Eyre is set to be flooded for the second time in two years.

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