1/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
PHOTOS: Monster monsoon continues to lash Townsville
Seven days of continuous heavy rain has resulted in dam and river rises never before seen in Townsville, as records are broken and the rain continues to fall. Check out all the photos from Day 7 of Townsville’s big wet: February 2, 2019.
2/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. A lady is evacuated by QFES. Picture: Alix Sweeney
3/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Locals take the time to enjoy the moment at the local playground Picture: Alix Sweeney
4/82QFES Headquaters set up on Queens Road, Hermit Park. Picture: Alix Sweeney
5/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from the Australian Army 4th Regiment door knock to urge residents to evacuate. Picture: Alix Sweeney
6/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from the Australian Army 4th Regiment door knock to urge residents to evacuate. Picture: Alix Sweeney
7/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
8/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from the Australian Army 4th Regiment door knock to urge residents to evacuate. Picture: Alix Sweeney
9/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
10/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
11/82Roads in Hermit Park under water as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
12/82The Australian Defence Force supplied sandbags for those in need. Picture: Alix Sweeney
13/82The Australian Defence Force supplied sandbags for those in need. Picture: Alix Sweeney
14/82Robin Webb and Ken Leon leave there house with what belongings could be salvaged. Picture: Alix Sweeney
15/82CPT Stacey Brown helps Robin Webb from her house after she returned to see the devastation. Picture: Alix Sweeney
16/82Residents are evacuated from flooded streets in Rosslea. Photo: Madura McCormack
17/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. James Pange. Picture: Alix Sweeney
18/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Kyani 4, takes a ride on the floodwaters. Picture: Alix Sweeney
19/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
20/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Locals push belongings on a surfboard. Picture: Alix Sweeney
21/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Shae Davey rescused by Picture: Alix Sweeney
22/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
23/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Roslyn Smith. Picture: Alix Sweeney
24/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Locals drive around helping anyone in need. Picture: Alix Sweeney
25/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Allison Stokes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
26/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Ross Browning not phased by the rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
27/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from 4TH Regiment help sandbag homes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
28/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
29/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
30/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from 4TH Regiment help sandbag homes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
31/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from 4TH Regiment help sandbag homes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
32/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from 4TH Regiment help sandbag homes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
33/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Troops from 4TH Regiment help sandbag homes. Picture: Alix Sweeney
34/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Chris Brookhouse on his front stairs as his garden goes under. Picture: Alix Sweeney
35/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. SES help familes escape the rising waters. Picture: Alix Sweeney
36/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. SES help familes escape the rising waters. Picture: Alix Sweeney
37/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
38/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
39/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
40/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
41/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
42/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
43/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
44/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
45/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
46/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
47/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
48/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Picture: Alix Sweeney
49/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. A houses contents spill onto the street, induced a fridge and hot water system. Picture: Alix Sweeney
50/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Candy the Chihuahua floats along a tyre. Picture: Alix Sweeney
51/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Glen Davey with dog Amber being rescued by SES. Picture: Alix Sweeney
52/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Glen Davey with dog Amber being rescued by SES. Picture: Alix Sweeney
53/82Residents of Rosslea being evacuated as Townsville continues to flood from heavy monsoonal rain. Glen Davey with dog Amber being rescued by SES. Picture: Alix Sweeney
54/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
55/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
56/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
57/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
58/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
59/82The Bohle River has started to overflow, contributing to flash flooding in some suburbs during Townsville's massive weather event. Picture: Tess Ikonomou
60/82Police were called to Monsoons Bar on Flinders Street in Townsville to reports of a person allegedly breaking into the venue. Picture: Jacob Miley
61/82Aplins Weir, photographed on Saturday February 1 2019, flowing fast during a massive weather event in Townsville. Picture: Pauly Wenta
62/82Aplins Weir, photographed on Saturday February 1 2019, flowing fast during a massive weather event in Townsville. Picture: Pauly Wenta
63/82Beau Park Drive and Griffey Street in Burdell swamped by flash flooding. Picture: Samantha Sheehan
64/82Beau Park Drive and Griffey Street in Burdell swamped by flash flooding. Picture: Samantha Sheehan
65/82Geaney Lane, Deeragun closed due to floodwaters. Picture: Evan Morgan
66/82Geaney Lane, Deeragun closed due to floodwaters. Picture: Evan Morgan
67/82Residents collect sandbags in Geaney Lane, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan
68/82George Taylor outside his dauther's flooded home in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan
69/82Deeragun residents Lindle and Daniel Hanran with Zara, 8, and Bailee, 4, and George Taylor at their flooded home in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
70/82Deeragun resident Lindle Hanran with Bailee, 4, and Zara, 8, stand in their flooded loungeroom at their flooded home in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
71/82Deeragun resident Lindle Hanran with Bailee, 4, and Zara, 8, stand in their flooded loungeroom at their flooded home in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
72/82Zara, 8, and Baille Hanran, 4, in Zara's flooded bedroom in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan
73/82Deeragun residents Lindle and Daniel Hanran and George Taylor at thier flooded home in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
74/82Deeragun residents in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
75/82A car in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan
76/82A car drives along Wagner Street, Deeragun, near Saunders Creek. Picture: Evan Morgan
77/82Clayton Grigggs, Jezahki Edwards and Jasmyne Edwards walk along Wagner Street, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan
78/82Water over the lower crossing on the Bohle River on Bruce Highway. Picture: Evan Morgan
79/82Water over the lower crossing on the Bohle River on Bruce Highway. Picture: Evan Morgan
80/82A railway estate resident walks through Tenth Avenue, Railway Estate. Picture: Evan Morgan
81/82Bailee Hanran, 4, with sister Zara, 8, and mum Lindle in their flooded loungeroom at their Deeragun home in Laura Court. Picture: Evan Morgan
82/82Deeragun residents Rick and Janine Horwood and Mark and Shirley Angus in Laura Court, Deeragun. Picture: Evan Morgan Picture: Evan Morgan
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