How Queensland is being soaked by an'unprecedented monsoonal burst'
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Queensland

How Queensland is being soaked by an'unprecedented monsoonal burst'

The north Queensland coast hasn't seen anything like it before. Homes are flooding,dams are overflowing and still the rain keeps pouring down. What's going on?

  • byPeter Hannam andNigel Gladstone

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Two cops rescued after police car swept away in north Queensland floods

Two cops rescued after police car swept away in north Queensland floods

Crocodiles have been washed onto driveways and roads,as water continues to pour from the overflowing Ross River Dam.

  • byToby Crockford
'Get to higher ground':urgent flood warning as Ross River Dam likely to open gates
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Townsville

'Get to higher ground':urgent flood warning as Ross River Dam likely to open gates

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that record rainfall from a monsoon trough that's flooded Townsville could generate very destructive wind storms.

  • byLiza Kappelle andRobyn Wuth&Gemma Najem
Townsville dam to open floodgates forcing evacuation of 100 homes

Townsville dam to open floodgates forcing evacuation of 100 homes

Townsville's Ross River Dam is nearing 200 per cent capacity and water is being released,which is expected to flood more homes.

  • byToby Crockford&Jocelyn Garcia