Australian floods

…recent spate of cyclones and flooding. Labor entered the May 2019 federal elections with a commanding lead in preference polling, but Morrison and the coalition scored a stunning victory to maintain power.

…hit hardest, but the widespread flooding—of a scale not seen since the mid-1970s—that began in late November spread southward to inundate portions of the neighbouring states of New South Wales and Victoria by early 2011. Some 35 people died in the disaster, and property damage and other economic losses amounted…