South-east Queensland is on alert for flash flooding as storm-hit communities in New South Wales shift to recovery mode.

Residents and emergency crews begin to clean up after widespread floods subside along the NSW mid-north coast and from Saturday night's wild storms south of Sydney.

More than 10,000 people on the New South Wales north coast remain cut off by floodwaters, though the worst of the crisis appears to be over.

Flooding forces evacuations in parts of northern NSW as the discovery of a man's body raises the death toll to two.

Locals and soldiers start the clean-up after the Bundaberg floods, as a high-ranking Queensland police officer is appointed to oversee the devastated city's recovery.

Vast areas of land are underwater, but many NSW communities appear to have escaped the worst of the floods.

Australia's east coast flood disaster is far from over, as more than 7,000 people in Bundaberg are unable to return to their homes as the city remains in the grip of its worst flood on record. In New South Wales, Grafton residents have escaped a major disaster despite the Clarence River exceeding new levels but concern has shifted to communities downstream. This morning's peak in Brisbane was not as bad as previously feared but residents are being asked to conserve water because treatment plants have been affected by flooding. Read our blog to see how the events unfolded.