Forecasters say a tropical low in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland will become a cyclone sometime overnight.

Gympie Mayor Ron Dyne is urging residents in the south-east Queensland town to be patient as floodwaters recede.

Maranoa Mayor Robert Loughnan says he is still overwhelmed by the generosity shown to flood-affected communities across Queensland's southern inland.

THE floods inundating northern NSW and Queensland are likely to have been driven in part by human-induced climate change - although the precise extent of this influence won't be known for another decade.

The weather bureau has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of New South Wales and Queensland.

Authorities have given the go-ahead for evacuated residents to return to St George in southern inland Queensland.

Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says the Defence Force is making good progress in the flood clean-up of the towns of Mitchell and Roma in Queensland's southern inland.

Extra help has arrived in Queensland's flood-ravaged southern inland, where the massive clean up is getting into full swing.

Maranoa Mayor Robert Loughnan has described conditions in Roma and Mitchell in southern inland Queensland as "absolute mayhem" as a massive flood clean-up continues.

The massive clean-up is continuing in the flood-ravaged towns of Mitchell and Roma in Queensland's southern inland.

There is a new threat facing St George, in Queensland's southern inland, with flooding damaging the local sewage treatment plant and contaminating waters.

Three-quarters of homes and businesses in Mitchell in Queensland's southern inland have been flooded over the weekend, as residents return to a massive clean-up.

The fate of St George, in Queensland's southern inland, rests on a makeshift flood levee constructed by desperate locals to stave off rising floodwaters.

The largest evacuation in Queensland's history has been completed in St George, with just a few hundred people defying orders to leave the town as floodwaters quickly rise.

Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents evacuated.

The meteorological conditions behind severe weather conditions, heavy rain in Qld and NSW and heavy rain and possible damaging winds gusts in the south west of WA, will gradually break down through Friday with improving weather conditions expected heading into Friday afternoon. The weekend is looking clear for these states...

There is little change in expectations for heavy rain and localised as well as river flooding through parts of Queensland and NSW as very moist air feeds into an inland and monsoon trough. Four day falls including Wednesdays totals are still expected to range up to 100mm n a band...

A broad area of low pressure stretches over the north east quarter of New South Wales and the eastern inland of Queensland with the potential for locally heavy falls with slow moving showers and thunderstorms and rain periods over the next 2 to 3 days. Severe thunderstorm warnings are likely...

Monsoon rains have been filling rivers in Queensland in northeast Australia with 6 inches of rain falling in parts of the state. On the other coast, residents were waiting Sunday for Tropical Cyclone Iggy. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported the...

Residents have been urged to stockpile supplies and disaster management crews are on alert in Queensland as the flood threat spreads across the state.

Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) says torrential rain that has caused chaos around the state's south-east on Tuesday is only going to get heavier overnight.

Residents of Queensland's Lockyer Valley should consider January 10 their New Year's Day, Julia Gillard tells commemorative service.

Hundreds of residents in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs gathered last night for a memorial service in the town centre to reflect on the deadly floods they witnessed 12 months ago.

Thousands of insurance claims are still being finalised, a year after devastating floods caused widespread damage across Queensland.

Looking back on the freaky summer that ended 35 lives and affected more than 500,000 square kilometres of Queensland.

A tropical storm lurking in the Gulf of Carpentaria could redevelop into a cyclone and cross Queensland's north.

With cyclone swells expected to create waves up to three metres during Christmas, some of Queensland's most popular beaches could be closed on the normally busiest days of the year.Gold Coast Chief Lifeguard Warren Young says...

Swings between the two climatic extremes, El Niño and La Niña, cause droughts, forest fires, and floods, like the one that occurred this year in Queensland, Australia. (Credit: iStockphoto) U. LEEDS (UK) — Swings between the two climatic extremes ...

Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons We've been hearing about the intense flooding in Australia for weeks now, but a lesser known side effect is the impact those floods are having on the Great Barrier Reef. From the cyclone its...

A significant ice storm is in progress across southeast Texas, much of Louisiana, northern Mississippi, and southern Arkansas this morning, as the latest onslaught from the memorable winter of 2010 - 2011 continues. Houston, Texas recorded 1/10" - 1/4"...