Premier David Crisafulli has promised flood-ravaged North Queenslanders authorities will not stop until services. Meanwhile, Charters Towers prepares to be cut off again. Pallets of drinking water and essential groceries, have been flown into Ingham today by an ADF Chinook as the community remains isolated by floodwaters. Watch the video. The emergency alert for Burdekin has been cancelled while families and neighbours in Giru are still rallying to clean up their town after devastating flooding.
See all the photos here. From an Aussie music star who jumped behind a busy cafe counter along The Strand to help serve customers to all the local legends who filled a sandbag or rescued someone from floodwaters, these are the heroes from North Queensland.
Looting reports in Townsville and disaster-struck Ingham have been condemned as clean-up begins. An Insurance Hub has launched in Townsville, providing face-to-face support for customers adversely impacted by the severe weather event.
Read the latest stats and advice. A Townsville animal rescue has been left reeling after floodwaters tore through its facilities, leaving animals in distress and feed supplies destroyed. The teenager who murdered an Innisfail man less than metres from his home was on probation for violently bashing a former partner and strangling her cat to death at the time of the attack.
Get a read on unlimited digital news. Find Out More. A former Queensland court reporter with nearly 40 years of experience is expected to plead guilty to child sex offences involving an incident at a Townsville pub. A Qantas plane has aborted its landing on Hamilton Island, and golf carts struggled in the slick as the tropical paradise was hit with more than mm of rain in 24 hours. The thick stench of mud and waterlogged furniture greeted residents in Bluewater as they returned to begin the painful clean-up process.
