'Memories of chaos': 10 years on from the 2010-11 Qld floods
Premium Content Subscriber only Even though 10 years have passed, SES Area Controller of the Capricornia region Patrick Downing still remembers the chaos of having to evacuate Theodore during the 2010-11 Queensland floods. On Christmas Day in 2010, Cyclone Tasha crossed the northern Queensland coast and brought disaster to every river system south of the Tropic of Capricorn, and as far west as Longreach and Charleville. The flooding engulfed Central Queensland towns Alpha, Jericho, Theodore, Emerald and Rockhampton. There was a mandatory evacuation for Theodore on December 29, 2010 â th...
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