Food supplies are dwindling for more than 5000 villagers in Central Bougainville as a result of continuous heavy rain.

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.

27,000 people in PNG's Oro Province still need food and water after severe flooding, the Red Cross says.

North Bundaberg residents have been allowed back into the suburb to begin the flood clean-up.

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.

Papua New Guinea's National Disaster Centre says it lacks both the staff and logistical capacity to respond quickly to natural disasters throughout the country.