North Queensland continues to be battered by heavy rain, with the slow-moving monsoonal trough potentially bringing another 700 millimetres of rain before it dissipates over the weekend.

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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 ...

Severe flooding in Queensland has forced thousands of people to evacuate, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital highway. In Townsville, one of the hardest-hit cities in the region ...

SYDNEY – One person died on Feb 2 in north Queensland amid heavy flooding, regional authorities said, urging thousands of people to move to higher ground due to torrential rains. The Queensland ...

Warmest days on average 43.6 °C at Urandangi Aerodrome Coolest days on average 27.3 °C at Applethorpe Coldest day 22.3 °C at Toowoomba Airport on the 10th Coldest night 10.8 °C at Applethorpe on the ...

Parts of North Queensland have been hit by more than a metre of rain and a key road has crumbled, with warnings residents could be cut off ‘for weeks’. Parts of North Queensland smashed by ...

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Sarah Scully said in the 24 hours til 9am Tuesday, multiple parts of Queensland recorded 200mm of rain, as well as a further 50mm since 9am. Six hourly ...

Jarrod Bleijie says the federal funding of several Queensland infrastructure projects is at risk, after they were left off a priority list. The Infrastructure Priority List maps out investment ...