192mm overnight: Mackay streets and cars flooded, airport opens
Hundreds are without power, cars have conked out in floodwaters but some flights are still running after 192mm of rain hit parts of the region overnight. LATEST
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128.4mm in two hours: Holiday island hammered as Townsville evacuees head home
Townsville residents forced to evacuate because of the threat of major flooding are returning home, but severe weather continues in the state’s north with one holiday hotspot hammered by rain.
Townsville has ‘dodged a bullet’ for now, but more rain forecast
Rainfall has dramatically eased across much of North Queensland with ‘black zone’ residents allowed back home. But there are still warnings that isolated falls of up to 180mm are possible. LATEST, NEW PICS AND VIDEO
Pop-up ‘yacht club’ defies floods yet again to rally for community
For the second time in 13 months, a notorious North Queensland pub has defied advancing floodwaters to stay open for locals battling the region’s latest wild weather event.
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IN PHOTOS: Qld’s wet and wild weather
As Queensland continues to be smashed by storms, we have been there to cover the dramatic action. SEE THE GALLERY
New warnings, detail of woman’s death, bridge swept away amid 1000mm+ deluge
Police have issued new warnings to Townsville residents amid the North Queensland flooding chaos. It comes as details have emerged about the death of a woman after the SES boat she was in crashed.
Clear and present danger: Focus needs to be on saving lives first
The timing of Steven Miles’ cheap political point scoring as he questioned the Premier’s response to the ongoing floods in Townsville is questionable, if not childish, writes the editor. Now is the time to act. Lives are at risk.
‘Too lazy’: Miles doubles down in extraordinary second attack on Premier
Steven Miles has taken another swing at David Crisafulli over what he describes as a lack of preparedness for NQ’s latest flooding disaster.
A metre of rain in days and more to come
There have been six SES call-outs across the Whitsundays in the past 24 hours as the region is battered by staggering rainfall totals, with more expected in the coming days as the monster weather system shifts south.
New warning zones, metre of rain as monster lows menace Qld
A monster tropical low that has menaced Far North Qld for days, dropping almost a metre of rain in just 72 hours, is shifting south and threatening more widespread flooding.
Man in 70s rescued from car stranded in floodwaters
Emergency crews were called to a man trapped on top of his car in floodwaters in the Whitsundays as school bus services were cancelled and residents urged to keep off flooded roads.
Evacuations, tracks inundated amid 350mm deluge, cyclone threat
Residents in the Far North Qld town of Gordonvale have been evacuated from flooded streets after a monster tropical low, and four others, formed off the coast increasing the risk of a cyclones.
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