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Lismore MP slams agency's flood response

The NSW agency tasked with coordinating the response to disastrous floods was unprepared and struggled to provide help, a hearing in Lismore has been told.

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Lismore's state MP and mayor have criticised disaster agencies in a hearing into the flood response.

Brazil floods, landslides kill at least 35

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is putting together a federal task force after heavy rains and landslides killed at least 35 people.

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Dozens are dead after heavy rains devastated two major Brazilian cities causing landslides.

Darwin shaken by Timor-Leste earthquake

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Darwin locals have reported feeling tremors after an earthquake off the coast of Timor-Leste.

Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off East Timor

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Screens monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis in Asia (file photo).

NSW flood warnings as heavy rain continues

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Rain continues to hit the NSW coast and a hazardous surf warning applies from Byron to Batemans Bay.

Queensland's southeast drenched again

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Parts of Queensland are back on flood watch with dams overflowing or releasing water after rainfall.