Australian floods: Queensland city braces for waters to peak

Tens of thousands of residents of a major Australian town are facing complete isolation as flood waters are predicted to reach a peak in the next 24 hours. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer-8237105 The city of Rockhampton, which has a population of 77,000 people, could be completely cut off from the outside world when the Fitzroy River reaches 31 feet on Wednesday. The brown floodwaters have already rolled into several inner city streets and low-lying outer suburbs have been turned into inland lakes. Officials have been carrying out forced evacuations and have issued warnings about marauding snakes and crocodiles as one of Australia’s worst floods, which has already hit dozens of towns, threatened to…

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Australian floods: Queensland city braces for waters to peak

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