4 days ago · At a press conference earlier Townsville Local Disaster Management Group coordinator Zac Dawes said their modelling suggested that up to 1,700 homes could be impacted by flooding by the end of the ...

3 days ago · Impacted areas are dotted along the 735-kilometer (456 mile) stretch of the Queensland coast from Cairns – a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef - to Mackay, with the city of Townsville, Ingham ...

2 days ago · Reporting by Cameron Simmons. Townsville Animal Care and Adoption Centre is near capacity as crews bring in animals displaced by the floods. "We have about at least 18 animals coming in today and ...

The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]

3 days ago · Major flood warnings are still in place for the Haughton River catchment, Aplin Weir, and the Herbert, Upper Burdekin and Townsville's Ross River, which is forecast to exceed 2 metres overnight.

3 days ago · The Townsville Disaster Management Group expects the Ross River to peak between 07:00 and 08:00 on Tuesday (21:00 to 22:00GMT). "We're not quite out of the woods yet," Queensland state Premier ...

8 hours ago · He says the ADF is also building a crucial temporary bridge on the flood-damaged Bruce Highway to allow vehicle access and supplies into the town of Ingham, about 100km north of Townsville.

After more than 24 hours of unrelenting rain in Townsville and areas further north, evacuation orders are in place for a number of residents, as a flood emergency unfolds.

4 days ago · Major flooding in northern Queensland rivers, as of 12.45pm February 2. Bureau of Meteorology. Residents of Ingham and nearby towns, about 100km from Townsville, are witnessing flooding from the ...

4 days ago · Queensland Premier David Crisafulli confirmed a woman died in floodwaters in Ingham, about 100km from Townsville, after an SES rescue boat capsized about 9.20am today.