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A man has been found dead in floodwaters on Queensland’s Fraser Coast, as the state is battered by heavy rain and flash flooding.

<p>Many rivers and roads left flooded after torrential downpours across Queensland</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</

Emergency services were called to Smothering Creek at Boompa Road on the Fraser Coast just after 11am.

Rond Scheveningen en Kijkduin is een grote zoekactie geweest naar een vermiste watersporter. Het gaat vermoedelijk om een surfer of kiter. De zoekactie is aan het begin van de avond stopgezet. Even na 14.00 uur werd bij de meldkamer alarm geslagen over de vermiste watersporter. Sindsdien werd er aan land, op zee en in de lucht gezocht, in het gebied tussen K

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A young driver has survived a terrifying plunge into floodwaters on the Sunshine Coast, with rescuers reaching the man in the nick of time.

Shifting baitfish could attract migratory sharks and marlin to NZ waters.

They have threatened to launch protests if the State government does not release water particularly in Vijayapura and Bagalkot districts

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GUA MUSANG, Oct 21 &mdash; A flash flood, accompanied by surging waters and a mudflow, caused the Kampung Brooke Lama su...