1/37Ciara Endacott, 8, of Douglas takes a look at Blacks Weir. Picture: Zak Simmonds
Gallery: Townsville’s flood chaos
Townsville residents are experiencing record-breaking flash flooding, heavy rain and extreme conditions as a monsoon continues to batter the region.
2/37A man drove his car into flood waters at Loam Island, Rasmussen. Picture: Zak Simmonds
3/37Locals get ready to evacuate from Idalia as water from the Ross River Dam is being released. Picture: Zak Simmonds
4/37Police rescue an elderly man from his home in Railway Estate. Picture: Zak Simmonds
5/37Flooding in Railway Estate. Picture: Zak Simmonds
6/37Landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
7/37Townsville Bishop Tim Harris talks with the Townsville Bulletin as he waits to hear if he has to evacuate from Idalia. Picture: Zak Simmonds
8/37A man was assisted by emergency services after a car was driven into Loam Island at Rasmussen. Picture: Zak Simmonds
9/37A man drove his car into flood waters at Loam Island, Rasmussen. Picture: Zak Simmonds
10/37The North Queensland Stadium site after heavy rain. Picture: Shae Beplate
11/37Landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
12/37Kerry Guinea had to evacuate his Wulguru home after a landslide. Picture: Shae Beplate
13/37The North Queensland Stadium site. Picture: Shae Beplat
14/37QFES assist at a landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
15/37The North Queensland Stadium construction site. Picture: Shae Beplate
16/37Sightseers at Blacks Weir, Douglas. Picture: Zak Simmonds
17/37Bob Fielding, 80, stands out the front of his flooded Queens Road home in Railway Estate. Picture: Zak Simmonds
18/37Bob Fielding’s Queens Road home in Railway Estate. Picture: Zak Simmonds
19/37Police rescue an elderly man from his Railway Estate home. Picture: Zak Simmonds
20/37A landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
21/37Police rescue an elderly man from his Railway Ave home. Picture: Zak Simmonds
22/37Landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
23/37Jean Austin, pictured at the back of her Wulguru property, has been told to evacuate. Picture: Shae Beplate
24/37Landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
25/37Tori Walker stands out the front of her flooded Queens Road home in Railway Estate with dog Tia, 5. Picture: Zak Simmonds
26/37A home on Queens Road, Railway Estate, is flooded in. Picture: Zak Simmonds
27/37Locals take a look at Blacks Weir, Douglas from the Riverview Tavern while having a beer. Picture: Zak Simmonds
28/37Abbott Street closed after flash flooding. Picture: Evan Morgan
29/37Aplins Weir flowing quickly after Townsville City Council made the call to open the spillway gates of the Ross River Dam, leaving a number of suburbs at serious risk of flooding. Picture: Evan Morgan
30/37Abbott Street closed during flash floods. Picture: Evan Morgan
31/37Landslide at Mueller Street, Wulguru. Shae Beplate
32/37Ciara Endacott, 8. of Douglas takes a look at Blacks Weir. Picture: Zak Simmonds
33/37Cooper Nicholson in flood of the flooded water at Sherriff St, Hermit Park. Photo: Chris Lees
34/37Zacharias Grobler getting some sand to prepare his home.
35/37Marion Callope, who lives on Windsor St in Hermit Park, filling sandbags with help from an ADF member. Photo: Chris Lees
36/37People living in Sherriff St in Hermit Park have been evacuated. Photo: Chris Lees
37/37Roads have closed in Hermit Park and Railway Estate. Photo: Chris Lees
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