Australia’s biggest cyclone in a century shattered entire towns after striking the coast and churning across the vast country on Thursday.

Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, was turned into a "war zone" on Thursday with whole suburbs under water.

Australia’s third-biggest city, Brisbane, was besieged on Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods.

Flood waters swept through vast areas of north-eastern Australia on Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes.