Townsville flooding: boats, helicopters and garbage trucks used in rescues – as it happened
by Luke Henriques-Gomes from Environment | The Guardian on (#48CJ7)
Thousands of homes at risk as Townsville braces for 'once-in-a-century' flood. This blog is now closed
6.48am GMT
Thanks for following today's live coverage of the Townsville flood crisis.
6.12am GMT
The Queensland environment minister, Leeanne Enoch, has issued a statement warning locals to beware of crocodiles in flood waters.
"Crocodiles prefer calmer waters and they may move around in search of a quiet place to wait for flood waters to recede," Enoch said.
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