Stop blaming climate change for these floods when you build infrastructure on ground where water once sat or build areas up where rain water sits, that same water has to go somewhere now you have areas that never flooded in flood !
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Queensland floods: Rains move inland as Townsville emergency declared a 'catastrophe'Residents of the outback Queensland town of Hughenden, 400km west of Townsville, have been warned the town is at risk of flooding. Pity we couldn't save that water to deliver to drought stricken farms.
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Mackay in firing line as flooding storm moves south from Townsville | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison has arrived in Townsville, Queensland, to assess damage caused by the record-breaking floodwaters that have inundated the city and surrounding regions.\n\nAs waters begin to recede, two men remain missing and more than 1,000 residents remain displaced and seeking refuge in evacuation shelters.\n\nThe storm system is slowly moving south to the central coast, threatening to drench towns including Ayr, Bowen, Proserpine and Mackay with up to 300 millimetres of rain.\n\n\n\n
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Queensland floods unlikely to aid Murray-Darling Basin waterwaysRecord rainfall in northern Queensland is unlikely to make its way into the Murray-Darling Basin to replenish thirsty waterways, according to officials. all the water is flowing to d sea instead of being diverted to south west Qld Obviously! They’re in different drainage systems.🙄 Funny that, since Townsville and environs not in the MDB.
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Fresh warnings for flash flooding in north QueenslandResidents of Bluewater, north of Townsville, receive warnings that intense rainfall is putting their properties at increased risk of flash flooding. And here's something TheirABC won't tell you, 'Yahoo7 News understands the pair were attempting to evade police after they allegedly tried to loot a Dan Murphy’s liquor store.'
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Queensland floods: Two bodies found in storm water drain in search for missing menlooks like enough water to droughtproof Queensland for years.
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Two men missing and hundreds rescued in Queensland as flood enters day 11North Queensland's flood crisis continues, with thousands of people evacuated, hundreds of homes in Townsville inundated and two men missing near floodwaters. ... I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains, I love her far horizons, I love her jewel sea, Her beauty and her terror, The wide brown land for me. Dorothea Mackellar. (1885 - 1968)
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Queensland floods: ‘My wife is going to drown with my child’Locals are taking to social media to beg for their lives as rescuers race against the clock to save thousands of people from rising floodwaters in north Queensland.
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Queensland floods: Floodgates opened in record deluge, 20,000 homes at riskOnce-in-a-century floods have turned Townsville streets into rivers, forcing thousands to abandon their homes and authorities are warning further 'unprecedented flooding' could put up to 20,000 homes at risk. SBS Not quite. LeftBankNowhere Crocnado!
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Warning for dangerous flash flooding in Queensland after rain swells damStorms are dumping intense rain into the sodden catchment of Townsville's swollen dam, with the weather bureau calling it a serious situation. The old blame the dam bullshit. This isn’t journalism
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Queensland floods: Townsville on edge as deluge continuesAuthorities warn that more than 12 suburbs are set to be affected by rapidly rising flood waters as the Ross River Dam floodgates are opened. Qld is going to need to think about building floating houses. Insurance companies will be going broke. Just did the drive from the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne this weekend. Wonderful journey but seeing the isolation of people in rural towns gets to me every time. They need our support and they need to know we are here for them during a disaster. Any reports of crocodiles?
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