Sydney — Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst downpour in more than half a century.

The national weather agency posted weather warnings in every mainland state or territory but one, affecting about 10-million people in the country of 25-million...

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