‘Life-Threatening’ Flood Warning as Rain Soaks Australia

‘The main risk associated with this storm is localised heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding and damaging winds.’

Locals help a Chinese restaurant owner (R) as he tries to salvage a freezer as floodwater inundate his business in Laidley, Queensland, Australia on May 13, 2022. Photo by Dan Peled/Getty Images

Heavy rain is set to continue across Australia’s far north and southeast, bringing potentially life-threatening floods.

Multiple flood warnings have been issued across New South Wales (NSW), the Northern Territory’s northwest, Victoria and southern Queensland.