Aerial images from across south ... Here's a bird's-eye view of the places most heavily hit — both before and after the flood event that authorities have labelled a "rain bomb".

The Australian city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a metre lower than feared, officials say. The Brisbane River peaked at 4.46m (14.6ft) just before 0530 ...

say two years after the flood, the worst-affected flooded markets had clearly seen a much larger decline in values than what Brisbane did overall," he said. Photo shows Aerial view of homes ...

Bundaberg, a coastal town about 360 kilometers (220 miles) northwest of Brisbane ... to escape major flooding after waters peaked at a lower level than forecast. An aerial photo taken above ...

The flooding, caused by heavy rain, has been particularly severe in Burketown, a small community in the north of the state about 1,300 miles northwest of the state capital Brisbane. Aerial images ...

Similar flooding ... the view. The floodwaters have risen drastically since NASA's Aqua satellite captured these photographs. with thousands fleeing Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane.

Brisbane authorities have evacuated thousands of properties as flood waters sweep into the Australian city, raising river levels and swamping neighbourhoods. Twelve people are known to have been ...

In 2011, rain had stopped days before the Brisbane river peaked and authorities had warned for several days of flooding downstream. On Monday morning, the river peaked at 3.85m, but remained below ...

This house in Sherwood, Brisbane experienced flooding during the deluge the city felt last weekend when around 1000mm of rain fell between Friday and Sunday. Picture: NewsWire/Sarah Marshall Eliza ...