It’s the worst flooding that Australia has seen in years.
Australia's east coast summer has been dominated by the La Nina climate pattern, which is typically associated with greater rainfall.
But this deluge of heavy rain has caused life-threatening flash floods throughout parts of northern New South Wales and South-East Queensland.
Towns and suburbs have been submerged, with some residents stranded on rooftops, and others canoeing through the streets to flee their homes to evacuation centres.
Roads and schools have been closed, and trains are cancelled.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Diana Eadie says that while the rain is now easing for Queenslanders, the danger posed by significant flooding was only still unfolding.
