The river has been overflowing and stretching to 70 kilometres wide while people on the ground at Richmond are suffering from the devastation left from the flood.
Townsville residents cleaning up after major flooding are facing potentially deadly bacterial infection.
Authorities still hold out hope 35-year-old Justin Scott will be found alive,but he has not been seen since Friday evening.
The mining company admits contaminated water spilt into nearby wetlands but says it did not reach the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
An estimated 300,000 cattle have been lost and farmers are begging for governmental support similar to Cyclone Yasi.
Rachael Anderson's immediate concern after floods killed half of her herd is not the 2000 or so carcasses now rotting in swampy paddocks. It is the banks.
The north-west Queensland floods have killed up to 300,000 cattle and cost farmers $300 million,according to initial estimates.
There have been reports of conflicts between insurance companies and people affected by floods in north Queensland over definitions in insurance policies.
Just a few months ago parts of northern Queensland were in the grip of a severe drought. Now,it is struggling to recover from a one-in-500 year rain event.
The promised military fodder drop has been delayed by a communication breakdown between various levels of government and there is also a shortage of aviation fuel in flooded farming areas.
QR crews were unable to physically access the site because of floodwaters continuing to rise in Mt Isa.