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North Queensland flood crisis intensifiesNorth Queensland residents have woken to another day of torrential rain as a once in a 100-year big wet rolls on. 9Today
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Dozens of North Queensland suburbs face flooding | Sky News AustraliaSevere weather warnings are in place for most of North Queensland as the region slogs through more torrential rain.\n\nWater flowing from the Ross River Dam, south of Townsville, has caused flooding at dozens of properties downstream after a portion of its contents were released to prevent overflowing. \n\nParts of Townsville could receive 300 millimetres of rain on Saturday. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n Send it south of the border please- maybe dam some areas and pipe it down - probably just all too difficult 🙄! And just to help out - Bohle River in Townsville is pronounced “Bowly” not “bowl”.
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Flooding crisis enters its fourth day in north Queensland | Sky News AustraliaEmergency evacuations are set to continue into the weekend as the flooding crisis enters its fourth day in north Queensland. \n\nResidents in Townsville have been forced to flee their homes as heavy rainfall could lead to dangerous landslides. \n\nPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk has declared the crisis as a 1 in 100 year event. \n\nImage: Margaret fisher \u002F Facebook\n\n\n\n\n TheIPA evmulholland Get rid of the water and there'll be no more climate floods. Get rid of the trees and no more climate fires. Problem solved! TheIPA evmulholland Why does dam building become such a hot topic at times of flood? TheIPA evmulholland There are heaps of dams in nth qld tool. Step out of pipers point for just one day. Dare you.
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Couple trapped in flooded home in north QueenslandSwift water crews are responding to calls for help from people flooded at Bluewater Park in Townsville's north after significant rainfall over the past 24 hours.
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North Queensland braces for further flooding | Sky News AustraliaNorth Queensland residents are being warned to expect more flooding as heavy rain continues in the region. \n\nHouses were inundated by more than a metre of water after 300mm of rain fell in four hours at Bluewater, near Townsville.\n\nRescuers were going house to house late on Wednesday in the fast-flowing floodwaters that washed through streets sweeping away cars, swing sets, fridges, livestock and a tractor.\n\nEarlier, swift water rescue boats, water police, SES personnel and firefighters rescued residents trapped by the fast-rising waters.\n\nImage: Facebook\u002FMargaret Fisher\n\n\n\n Wonder what house prices are gunna be like up there after this continuous storms. Probably difficult to get house insurance!
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Multiple rescue operations carried out as flooding emergency worsens in north Qld | Sky News AustraliaMultiple rescue operations have been carried out across north Queensland as heavy rain continues to lash the region in the worsening flood emergency.\n\nSeveral residents have become stranded with as many as 20 homes inundated by water and roads cut off by rising waters.\n\nPolice have diverted traffic on select roads where landslides have occurred.\n\nHeavy falls are expected to continue over the next week.\n\nImage: Facebook \u002F Douglas Shire Council\n\n\n\n\n\n Sadly these are the monsoonal flood waters we should be capturing.
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Flood warnings for residents far north Qld | Sky News AustraliaResidents near the Daintree River are bracing for severe flooding after the far north Queensland waterway reached record levels.\n\nThe river peaked at 12.6m close to midnight on Saturday, breaking a record of 12.4m set in 1901. \n\nCairns has recorded its heaviest day of rain in a decade, with over 260 millimetres of rain in the 24 hours to 9am.\n\nPeople are being warned to keep clear of waterways and never travel through floodwaters. \n\nImage: Facebook\u002FDouglas Shire Council\n\n\n\n\n\n When are we going to get smarter and pump all this wasted water the northern part of Australia gets south? enddroughtforever
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Australian embassy visa office in Iran shut down amid warning of possible corruptionThe government shut down its visa processing operations in Iran after it was warned some migration agents were boasting of corruptly obtaining visas through a contact in the Australian embassy in Tehran. just like the Nigerian visa scam Desperate people r willing to pay money to get tourist or PR visa They want to flee due to econ hardship at home LNP gov wanted to outsource visa issuance to 3rd party Imagine d lucrative corruption Gov must have control not contractor Why does Australia even have an embassy in Iran when we dont in so many other countries where there should be
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Queensland MP and Australian real estate firm caught up in global hacking scareWebsites belonging to Queensland MP Tim Mander, a real estate business and Surf Lifesaving Australia are among those caught out by a massive data breach. IT experts in Mander’s office? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Why haven’t they been headhunted by Queensland Health? 😂😂😂🙄😂🙄😂
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Doctor's wife confirmed as second person found dead in central Queensland homeMother of three Julie Rush — wife of Rockhampton anaesthetist Andrew Carll — is confirmed as the second person found dead inside the couple's home on Monday night.
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