Water rescue crews have been pre-positioned across impacted areas of the North Queensland region of Townsville, after a deluge of rain led to flash flooding. Picture: Supplied / Channel 7 A flood ...

Meanwhile, Townsville has recorded its hottest December on record, with 480 millimetres of rain falling in the unofficial north Queensland capital and south of there as well. Read Today's Paper ...

Heavy rainfall is easing on Queensland's north-east tropical coast, after some areas saw well over a metre's rain in the past seven days, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. There's been ...

North Queensland was in the downpour danger zone again in February. Flood fears wracked Townsville, although it ultimately dodged a bullet. Authorities issued a "black zone" evacuation warning for ...

Floodwaters are rising for the third day across parts of north Queensland, with some pockets recording more than a metre of rain since Saturday. An emergency alert was issued for the Cardwell area ...

Speaking at the Townsville Local ... Photographs from a news conference at the Ingham Fire Station in flood-struck Eleanor St, Hinchinbrook, North Queensland. Picture: Cameron Bates Hinchinbrook ...

stretch of the Queensland coast from Cairns – a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef - to Mackay, with the city of Townsville, Ingham town, and Cardwell among the worst hit by flash floods and ...

Find out more. Lee Webb on the scene in Queensland. Seasoned NTES officer Lee Webb of Nhulunbuy was chosen to head the group deployed to Townsville as the city grapples with flood recovery efforts.

Flooding is expected ... about 100 kilometres north of Townsville. Queensland Police Service (QPS) confirmed the SES boat overturned on Rutledge Street at about 9:20am on Sunday.

Record-breaking floods across north Queensland have now turned deadly ... Residents of Ingham and nearby towns, about 100km from Townsville, are witnessing flooding from the nearby Herbert ...

Queensland will be the target state for flooding as heavy rainfall develops. Sky News Weather Meteorologist ... plagued the north of the state with Townsville experiencing 115.6 millimetres ...

one of six suburbs labelled "black zones" in Townsville, one of the areas hardest hit by a flooding emergency in Queensland state in Australia. Authorities have urged people living in those spots ...