An Emergency Alert flood message has been issued for residents in areas in Hyde Park, Aitkenvale, Currajong, Rosslea, Pimlico, Mysterton and Mundingburra Townsville City Council has advised intense rainfall may affect these areas, causing fast-moving and rapidly-rising water levels, leading to flash flooding. Residents are advised to move to higher ground if they are concerned. […]
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EMERGENCY ALERT for West End, Rowes Bay and Garbutt.
An Emergency Alert flood message has been issued for residents in areas in West End, Rowes Bay and Garbutt. Townsville City Council has advised intense rainfall may affect these areas, causing fast-moving and rapidly-rising water levels, leading to flash flooding. Residents are advised to move to higher ground if they are concerned. Those concerned are […]
Update, officer struck by vehicle, Richlands
Three men have been charged after a police officer was seriously injured overnight in Brisbane’s south. Just after midnight, a vehicle was approached by officers in Inala when it allegedly drove away at speed. An officer attempting to deploy a tyre deflation device was struck by the vehicle and suffered serious leg injuries. Three men […]
Update: Motorists stranded in flood waters near Middleton
The four people who were stranded near Middleton have been rescued and are now at Winton. It is understood the four people were European tourists and unfamiliar with the area. The flooded Diamantina River is now hundreds of metres wide and a private property owner used his helicopter to rescue the four people and transport […]
Haughton River bridge remains closed
Shared on behalf of the Burdekin Local Disaster Management Group Burdekin Local Disaster Management Group is aware of a photo circulating on social media of RoadTek machinery clearing debris from the Haughton River Bridge. Initial clearing of the debris on the Haughton River Bridge on the Bruce Highway was undertaken today by Department of Transport […]
Fatal traffic crash, Currumbin Valley
A man has died in a two-vehicle traffic crash in Currumbin Valley this morning. Preliminary inquiries indicate at 6.30am a car was heading south on Tallebudgera Connection Road and collided with a 4WD headed east on Currumbin Creek Road. The driver of the car, an 81-year-old Gold Coast man, died at the scene. A 75-year-old […]
EMERGENCY ALERT: Palm Island
An Emergency Alert message to boil water has been issued for residents in the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council area. Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council has advised recent rain has impacted the water treatment plant and recommends that residents boil all drinking water until further notice. Residents are advised to advise family and friends. Monitor […]
Emergency Alert for Black River, Blue Water, Beach Holm, Yabulu and Toolakea
An Emergency Alert flood message has been issued for residents in areas in Black River, Blue Water, Beach Holm, Yabulu and Toolakea. Townsville City Council has advised intense rainfall may affect these areas, causing fast-moving and rapidly-rising water levels, leading to flash flooding. Residents are advised to move to higher ground if they are concerned. […]
Emergency Alert for Bohle River, Saunders Creek, Stoney Creek, Deeragun, Jensen and Burdell
An Emergency Alert flood message has been issued for residents in areas adjacent to the Bohle River, Saunders Creek and Stoney Creek, including the suburbs Deeragun, Jensen and Burdell. Townsville City Council has advised intense rainfall may affect these areas, causing fast-moving and rapidly-rising water levels and leading to flash flooding. Residents are advised to […]
Update: Armed robberies, Nambour and Caloundra
Detectives yesterday charged a man following information been supplied to Crime Stoppers after two Sunshine Coast chemists were robbed in early January. Police released vision of a man on January 10 seeking public assistance to help locate a man following an armed robbery in Nambour. It will be alleged a man entered a pharmacy on […]