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Australia's largest northern city has recorded its wettest year on record, and heavy rain is forecast to continue today.

Australia is braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is heading towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.

Flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 years.