Residents across western New South Wales were woken up to a "significant" earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning with the impact felt a number of times throughout the day.

Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and are now racing to repair fencing that keeps feral predators away

Heavy floods hit New South Wales in Australia. Government declared it a natural disaster. Around 50,000 people evacuated. Sadly, three people died, and one is still missing. Rescuers are working hard in Mid North Coast and Sydney.

Though flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales on Saturday, communities are beginning the clean up and recovery efforts following a record deluge that has wreaked havoc across the state and resulted in tragedy.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck New South Wales in Australia on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Video. Record-breaking floods on Australia’s east coast have left at least three people dead and one missing, as authorities warn of more heavy rain in the coming days.

Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy “humpback highway” off Australia.

As the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions reel from devastating floods, there is now high confidence the soaking will shift south during the coming days and bring drought relief to parts of the Murray Basin.

Video. Emergency crews rescued hundreds of people after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across parts of New South Wales in Australia, leaving thousands still stranded.