The Prime Minister is in North Queensland today to inspect flood damage as the clean-up effort continues. Some areas have recorded nearly two metres of rain in the past week, cutting off major roads, including the Bruce Highway.
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00:00I'm here on Ninth Avenue here in Townsville where locals have copped another drenching
00:07of rain this morning.
00:09It was blue skies for the most part yesterday in Townsville, if you can believe, but more
00:14heavy downpours on this already very damp ground have led to flash flooding like the
00:19kind you can see behind me here.
00:22It's just a reminder that we're certainly not out of the woods yet when it comes to
00:26this weather event across North Queensland.
00:30Now the Bureau of Meteorology have warned that thunderstorms will bring about heavy
00:34rainfall on other parts of the state like further south of us here in Townsville in
00:40areas like Bowen, for example.
00:42But back in Townsville, locals who were told to evacuate on this street but have just narrowly
00:48avoided being inundated with water are out taking a walk and taking stock of the impact
00:53on their community.
00:55After the last cycling, you know, it was a lot higher.
01:00And the last one I suppose we had about five years ago, we had about two and a half foot
01:06or something under our house, but as I said, you just put things up and be prepared, you
01:12know.
01:13We built a high block home because we knew we were in the flood area.
01:17And we had no water this year under the house.
01:21So while we wait for this stubborn weather system to pass us by, locals here in North
01:26Queensland who have been impacted by the floods are doing what they do best, they're rolling
01:31up their sleeves and they're getting underway with those recovery efforts where they can
01:35of course when there's a break in these persistent downfalls.