Cairns Airport is flooded and will not be reopened until emergency flooding has been dealt with ... tough week ahead as we assess the damage and map our way forward.” In the past 24 hours ...

Remnants of a tropical cyclone unexpectedly dropped 30 to 40 inches of rain across a swath of Australia’s northeastern coast in recent days, inundating an area known as the gateway to the Great ...

needed to be undertaken to develop flood maps which showed changes over 10, 20 and 50 years. The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre unveiled a report which notes stories, solutions and ...

The destruction from the rainfall over the past week was described as "quite frankly incredible" by David Crisafulli, the premier of Queensland, Australia.

Late Sunday, flooding of the Barron River around Cairns Airport exceeded the previous ... according to Ergon Energy's outage map. Engineers had already been trying to restore power to homes ...

Cyclone Jasper track map. BOM But there was a sting ... resulting in widespread record flooding. The Northern Beaches of Cairns were among the worst-hit areas, with Machans Beach residents forced ...

The Barron River in Cairns, Far North Queensland, reached a record flood peak, with roads closed and homes flooded in the catchment area on Sunday, December 17. Flood waters lapped at the ...

acting Premier Cameron Dick said requests from Cairns and Douglas Mayors for the redeployment of defence force muscle to expedite the clean up would be “looked at.” Flood damage to the CleanCo ...