Queensland floods: Rescuers cling to trees as Ross River Dam floodgates opened in record deluge

NEWS: Emergency crews have been stretched to the limit in flood-hit Townsville, with hundreds of people still waiting for help and evacuation centres filling up fast.

Rescuers have been left hanging on for their lives after being caught in fast-rising flood waters, as flood evacuees in sodden Townsville nervously wait to see just how far the water will rise.

As soldiers, police and SES workers patrolled the city overnight, two police officers evacuating people in Hermit Park were left clinging to trees for half an hour after their patrol car was washed away. Nearby, two more people were plucked from the roof of their car where they were stranded.

Meanwhile, crocodiles have been spotted in streets and the flood water is teeming with snakes.

You can read the full story in English here.


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