Roads have been cut and water is surrounding towns after relentless rain filled rivers to higher levels than during the 2011 floods.

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Flooding not seen since a devastating 2011 deluge has been forecast as more rain lashed a region in an ex-cyclone's aftermath ...

Lucrative export markets were hampered by ex-cyclone Alfred as fruit and vegetable farmers in Queensland count the cost.

Major developers say the effects of ex-typical cyclone Alfred will exacerbate pent-up workforce shortages and productivity ...