One person has died and several were injured as flooding rains lash the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 years

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia's prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over” as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday, even as the initial threat from the deluge continued to recede.