Flood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall. The area between Townsville and Cairns in ...

The attack was the second shark fatality in the country's waters this year, about a month after surfer Lance Appleby was ...

A teenage girl was killed Monday in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia. The 17-year-old suffered a "serious shark bite" ...

A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia’s east coast, authorities ...

Deadly floodwaters triggered by record rainfall in Australia’s northeast rose for a third day Monday as authorities warned ...

Flooding in Australia has inflicted "incredible" devastation on communities across northern Queensland, the state's premier ...

Charlize Zmuda, who died after being attacked by a shark in Australia, had only just attended her school formal. The mother ...

A teenage girl has died after being attacked by a shark in Queensland, Australia. Paramedics responded to reports of a ...

BBC Australia reporter Simon Atkinson visits Townsville, which was hit by severe rainfall over the weekend. Dozens more USAID ...

Further north in Ingham, a rural town of about 4,500 people, the waters had most likely flooded “well north” of 100 homes, Mr Crisafulli said in a separate interview with national broadcaster ABC.

Some areas have seen up to 600mm of rain in just 24 hours, with forecasts predicting more heavy downpours in coming days ...