The Associated Press In this photo provided by the Fremont Fire Department, emergency personnel stage at the scene of a fuel tanker accident on Interstate 680, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, in Fremont, Calif. About 100 homes have been evacuated in the San Fran...

Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated in a major flooding event on Australia's east coast, with heavy rainfall across large parts of New South Wales (NSW) state expected to continue. As of Monday, roughly 15,000 people have been evacuated f...