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Flooding in far north Queensland, Australia cuts roads as some areas receive a foot of rain -- Earth Changes -- Sott.net

The wet season deluge continues in Far North Queensland where landslides have closed major roads, with drivers stuck in floodwaters and a flood watch alert in place for hundreds of kilometres of river systems. Cairns has received more than 200...

Queensland: Urgent search underway as swimmers vanishes

Emergency services are frantically searching for the swimmers, who had been taking a dip at Mossman Gorge, 20km north of Port Douglas.

'Extreme weather event': Residents urged to enact cyclone plans

Panic then unity as monster approached in the night

FEAR WAS REAL AS STORM NEARED FIVE years earlier Innisfail had been the unwelcome focal point of Cyclone Larry, so when another, even more powerful storm seemed to be heading their way, the fear was palpable. Firefighter Steve Wilson has lived in the Cassowary Coast town for more than 30 years and still remembers the underlying tension as Yasi approached - both among his colleagues and the entire town. On February 3, 2011, his team, their families and pets locked themselves in the fire station - a sturdy building on Fitzgerald Esplanade - reinforcing the front door with big metal beams. "Once the winds hit 80km/h, no trucks are allowed out the door," he said.