{"id":122906,"date":"2023-12-18T10:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=122906"},"modified":"2023-12-18T10:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:19:52","slug":"australia-faces-531m-impact-as-beautiful-city-ravaged-by-floods-from-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/world-news\/australia-faces-531m-impact-as-beautiful-city-ravaged-by-floods-from-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia faces ‘\u00a3531m impact’ as beautiful city ravaged by floods from cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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North Queensland, an area much-beloved by British tourists, is being ravaged by heavy rain and flash floods that swamped homes and flushed crocodiles into towns.<\/p>\n

Ex-tropical cyclone Jasper has brought destruction upon Cairns, widely considered the getaway to the Australian Great Barrier Reef and home to outstanding natural areas of beauty, and neighbouring towns.<\/p>\n

Rescue teams evacuated more than 300 people overnight and continued to work along the 400-kilometre-long coastline to help those stranded.<\/p>\n

But the adverse weather is making it difficult for rescuers to reach everyone in need, as stated by the Aboriginal Shire Council of the Wujal Wujal settlement – one of the towns hardest hit by the deluge of rain.<\/p>\n

As authorities are planning to evacuate the entire community in Wujal Wujal, the council said: “Unfortunately the helicopters couldn’t get through… it was too dangerous to get the choppers through. They will try to get through again as soon as they can.”<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, nine people, including a child, spent the night trapped on the roof of a local clinic before managing to self-evacuate thanks to a temporary reprieve in water levels.<\/p>\n

The town has been turned into a “sea of dirty water and mud” following the floods, according to Kiley Hanslow, the chief executive of the local council. She added: “There’s also crocodiles swimming around in that water now.”<\/p>\n

The issue of crocodiles roaming the streets appears to be affecting other areas. Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said floodwaters would likely wash “crocs and all sorts of other things” into residential areas. She told reporters: “You would recall from past events we’ve had sharks, crocs, you name it.”<\/p>\n

In Ingham, a rural town in the region, wildlife officers reportedly used a lasso to catch a crocodile bathing in shallow waters in a residential area.<\/p>\n

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