Flood-hit Townsville, a coastal tourist destination near the Great Barrier Reef, was declared a “black zone”. Read more at ...

State of emergency in Australia: Devastating floods swamp Townsville and surrounding tourist areas; power outages and record rainfall wreak havoc in Queensland. Australian officials urged ...

For the price of a “round of drinks” in government spending terms, a major vulnerability in Far North Queensland’s road ...

A woman has died after an emergency services boat flipped in floodwater in north Queensland as Townsville residents evacuate.

Emergency services have deployed multiple rescue crews around the North Queensland region of Townsville as flash flooding and ...

One dead and major bridge collapses after Australia’s flood worsens - Some areas have seen up to 600mm of rain in just 24 ...

The destruction from the rainfall over the past week was described as "quite frankly incredible" by David Crisafulli, the premier of Queensland, Australia.

Queensland's Premier David Crisafulli offered his condolences to the "tight-knit" town of Ingham, after a 63-year-old woman ...

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The Townsville Local Disaster Management Group is advising that residents at Cluden, Hermit Park, Idalia, Oonoonba, Railway ...

Caution has been urged for drivers set to use a 1200-kilometre TMR detour to avoid the extensive flooding of the Townsville ...

Kate CJ Murphy, president of the Townsville Bat Rescue Australia, shared a clip of herself rescuing the baby bat Thursday morning after it became stuck in a hotel pool in Townsville.