1/17Boundary Rd East, heading into Mackay Airport beginning to flood over as of 8.10am on February 4, 2025. The airport was still open as this photo was taken. Picture: Janessa Ekert
Mackay floods, airport shuts as wild rains shift south
Mackay copped 150mm of rain overnight, with more to come during the day, shutting a crucial airport street and flooding the CBD in places.
2/17Stancey Guthrie snapped this pic of Juliet St near the Mackay CBD in the early hours of February 4, 2025, after the city copped 150mm of rain overnight.
3/17Stancey Guthrie snapped this pic of the Evans Street and Milton Street roundabout near the Mackay CBD in the early hours of February 4, 2025, after the city copped 150mm of rain overnight.
4/17Flooding on Forth St at Penn St intersection in South Mackay, taken at 8.45am on February 4, 2025. Picture: Janessa Ekert
5/17Boundary Rd East, heading into Mackay Airport beginning to flood over as of 8.10am on February 4, 2025. The airport was still open as this photo was taken. Picture: Janessa Ekert
6/17Boundary Rd East, heading into Mackay Airport beginning to flood over as of 8.10am on February 4, 2025. The airport was still open as this photo was taken. Picture: Janessa Ekert
7/17Boundary Rd East, heading into Mackay Airport beginning to flood over as of 8.10am on February 4, 2025. The airport was still open as this photo was taken. Picture: Janessa Ekert
8/17Water threatening to spill over Archibald St after 150mm hit Mackay overnight, with more rain predicted. Photo taken at 8am on February 4, 2025. Picture: Janessa Ekert
9/17Water is starting to spill over on Heaths Rd after 150mm hit Mackay overnight, with more rain predicted. Photo taken at 8am on February 4, 2025. Picture: Janessa Ekert
10/17Stancey Guthrie snapped this photo of Sydney St in the early morning of February 4, 2025 as the Mackay CBD flooded from 150mm of overnight rain.
11/17Water threatening to spill over Archibald St after 150mm hit Mackay overnight, with more rain predicted. Photo taken at 8am on February 4, 2025. Picture: Janessa Ekert
12/17Localised flooding in North Mackay, Glenpark St at 8am on February 4, 2025. Mackay copped 150mm of rain overnight with more to come. Picture: Luke Lay
13/17Localised flooding in North Mackay, Glenpark St at 8am on February 4, 2025. Mackay copped 150mm of rain overnight with more to come. Picture: Luke Lay
14/17Localised flooding in North Mackay, Glenpark St at 8am on February 4, 2025. Mackay copped 150mm of rain overnight with more to come. Picture: Luke Lay
15/17Richmond Rd at Glenella closed due to flooding. Photo taken at 8.20am, February 4 2025. Picture: Luke Lay
16/17Richmond Rd at Glenella closed due to flooding. Photo taken at 8.20am, February 4 2025. Picture: Luke Lay
17/17Road closures set up at Milton St near the Mackay Airport. Photo taken at 9.00am on February 4, 2025. Picture: Janessa Ekert
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