A person is dead after a rescue boat flipped as floodwaters continue to ravage Far North Queensland, prompting evacuation alerts amid ongoing heavy falls.
The person died when an SES boat capsized in the area of Ingham about 9am Sunday, 100km north of Townsville. Five other people in the boat were rescued. The deceased person was not an SES member, a ...
The floods that hit several villages in this district following two days of continuous heavy rain since Wednesday have been described by locals as among the worst, with water levels rising swiftly.
A powerful storm in Hawaii this week that left flights grounded, trees felled and vacation beach plans ruined also left a trail of flooding in its wake.
Heavy rainfall coupled with snow melt in the area caused extensive flooding on Friday — and officials say at least one more inch of rainfall could fall through today. Hazardous weather conditions ...