Kim Hyung-chil died after being thrown from his horse Bundaberg Black during the cross-country section.

CNN: Asian Games rider dies after fall

Six tornadoes have already hit the Bundaberg region, tearing off roofs and injuring 17 people.

BBC: Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding

Police said the body of an elderly man who went to check on a yacht north of Bundaberg had been recovered on Sunday.

BBC: 'Major flood crisis' hits Queensland, Australia

On Sunday, Australian media reported that authorities had pulled the body of an elderly man from the water at Burnett Heads, north-east of Bundaberg.

BBC: Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding

Hundreds of people have been evacuated as heavy rain continued to fall on Sunday, with the towns of Gladstone and Bundaberg preparing for the possibility of major floods.

BBC: Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding

Ms Gillard's first stop on land was in Bundaberg, which has seen its worst flooding for four decades and has been split in two by the swollen Burnett River.

BBC: Australia: Queensland floods spur more evacuations

He came to grief at the eighth of 23 fences as Bundaberg Black failed to negotiate the obstacle and Kim was thrown off, the horse tumbling on top of him.

CNN: Asian Games rider dies after fall

The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from Sydney that the river in Bundaberg is already above the flood levels witnessed in 2010, and meteorologists fear it could rise another metre, reaching levels not seen in 70 years.

BBC: Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding

During Papa Mau's journey, he weathered gale force storms, fended off sharks, spent more than 365 days at sea, skirted around the Great Barrier Reef, and finally battled and surfed the East Australian Current (EAC) to reach his final destination in Hervey Bay near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.

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