Rouse Rivers News Today

NSW and parts of Queensland are bracing for another flood emergency as heavy rains and river rises hit town...

Just over a week after the Bureau of Meteorology declared a third La Nina was underway, residents in New South Wales have been hit with another round of severe thunderstorms and widespread flooding.

Residents in northern NSW and south-east Queensland have been ordered to evacuate due to life-threatening floods while Sydney and Brisbane will receive significant rainfall.

Southeast Queensland and northeast NSW are again bracing for severe wet weather as a slow-moving and potentially dangerous system moves across the border.

Heavy rainfall associated with a deepening low pressure trough off the northern coast has the potential to cause minor flooding in parts of the Northern Rivers early next week. The catchments likely to be impacted are saturated from recent rainfall, which increases the risk of flooding. River rises are expected in the flood watch catchments in response to the forecast rain and minor flooding may develop from Monday. Flood Classes (minor, moderate, major) are only defined for catchments where th...