Remote SA community cut off as Queensland floodwater creeps through
By Arj Ganesan
The outback town of Innamincka has been marooned as floodwater from Queensland makes its way through the region.
Residents isolated as record flooding hits western NSW
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Catherine James
The NSW State Emergency Service is responding to ongoing flooding as flows from Queensland cause river rises to pass historic levels.
Weeks of wet weather clears for Queensland school holidays
By Josh Dye
Tourists can look forward to fine weather as the school holidays begin, with the weather bureau predicting warm and sunny conditions across Queensland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/sunny-queensland-weather-school-holidays/105143708
Jundah residents start clean-up after western Queensland flood disaster
By Grace Nakamura
Residents in the outback town reflect on the shock and fear they felt as their once-dry town found itself inundated by floodwaters.
Floods devastate normally arid parts of Australia’s Queensland https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/floods-devastate-normally-arid-parts-of-australias-queensland/
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/05/bigger-than-texas-the-true-size-of-australias-devastating-floods
My Country
– Dorothea Mackellar
‘…Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold –
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.’
Properties completely 'washed away' as outback takes stock of flood damage
By Abbey Halter, Hannah Walsh, and Maddelin McCosker
Fixing fences and clearing dead livestock are just some of the tasks necessary as rebuilding an area double the size of Victoria begins after record-breaking floods in outback Queensland.
#Floods #DisasterRelief #AbbeyHalter #HannahWalsh # #MaddelinMcCosker
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods
"In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homes"
Outback Queensland gets disaster relief funding in government initiative
By Shari Hams
The federal government has announced $7 million in funding for fodder, as part of a disaster relief package for Queensland's flood-ravaged west.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/funding-for-flood-affected-western-queensland/105141940
Flooding in southeastern Oregon prompts evacuation orders, school closures and health concerns https://www.byteseu.com/894593/ #120461024 #Article #ClimateAndEnvironment #EDUCATION #Evacuations #floods #GeneralNews #Health #PublicHealth #schools #U.S.News #WaterQuality
Townsville sets new annual rainfall record in just over three months
By Georgia Loney
Australia's largest northern city has recorded its wettest year on record, and heavy rain is forecast to continue today.
Chopper pilots 'angels from the sky' to flooded outback Queenslanders
By Peter Quattrocelli
Helicopter pilots saved the lives of Queenslanders as floodwater tore through their towns. Now they are providing life-saving supplies to isolated communities and their livestock.
Rise in mosquito-borne viruses likely after outback flooding
By Stephen Clarke
The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times higher than at the same time in the previous four years.
Don't cancel on us, outback Qld tourism providers urge travellers
By Maddie Nixon, Emily Dobson, and Zara Margolis
There's a rare and rewarding upside to floods delaying tourism season in the state's vast interior, tourism operators promise, as they urge visitors to postpone rather than abandon their plans.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/qld-outback-flooding-travel-for-easter-holidays/105131966
#TravelandTourism #Floods #TourismandLeisureIndustry #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #RegionalCommunities #MaddieNixon #EmilyDobson # #ZaraMargolis
Don't cancel on us, outback Qld tourism providers urge travellers
By Maddie Nixon, Emily Dobson, and Zara Margolis
There's a rare and rewarding upside to floods delaying tourism season in the state's vast interior, tourism operators promise, as they urge visitors to postpone rather than abandon their plans.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/qld-outback-flooding-travel-for-easter-holidays/105131966
#TravelandTourism #Floods #TourismandLeisureIndustry #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #RegionalCommunities #MaddieNixon #EmilyDobson # #ZaraMargolis
NASA satellite shows immensity of worst outback flooding in 50 years
By Emily Dobson
NASA's Earth Observatory has released satellite pictures showing the scale of flooding in Queensland's west after heavy rainfall in March.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/nasa-satellite-images-flooding-western-queensland/105136294
Floodwater to linger for weeks as sandflies swarm in outback Queensland
By Hannah Walsh
The sun is a small mercy for flood-devastated communities across outback Queensland. But as residents sink knee-deep during their muddy clean-up the stoicism starts to slip.
Fire ant fears not holding up flooded farmers' hay relief, charity says
By Maddelin McCosker and Kallee Buchanan
A charity tasked with supplying hay to flood-affected graziers says fears fodder drops are being held up by biosecurity concerns over red fire ants are unfounded.
Fire ant fears not holding up flooded farmers' hay relief, charity says
By Maddelin McCosker and Kallee Buchanan
The charity tasked with supplying hay to flood-affected graziers says claims fodder drops are being held up by biosecurity concerns over red fire ants are unfounded.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/fodder-drops-continue-despite-fire-ant-concerns/105131266
Bus company apologises after schoolkids left stranded near floodwater
By Gabrielle Becerra Mellet and Chloe Chomicki
A Queensland bus driver has been stood down over an incident in which school children were left stranded on a flooded route.
