It has been confirmed that the second woman has died in the northern Australian community in a flood that brought “incredible” devastation.
Police said a 82 -year -old woman’s body was found on Tuesday in a paddock paddock in Queensland. It was found two days after a 63 -year -old woman overturned Dinggy overturned during rescue.
This area has been flooded since Saturday, and some of the northern Northern Queensland is watching the rain of about 2m (6.5 feet).
By Tuesday, the conditions were beginning to be alleviated -Queensland Prime Minister David Kriza Fururi warned that it was a disaster that tested people’s determination during an interview with the ABC.
He explained the devastation as “incredibly incredible”, but pointed out that the weather conditions were “really kind” in recent times. Thousands were starting to return to their house.
In the Towns Building, the local people woke up on the gray sky and drizzle on Tuesday, and the news that predicted the flood level was not realized there. It was completely contrasting with the intense downpour that hit the area over the past few days.
“We believe that the danger has passed,” said Andrew Robinson, chairman of the local disaster management group in Townsville.
CRISAFULLI stated that the city has doded the bullet, suggesting that TOWNSVILLE’s house has a maximum of 2,000 houses, which may have faced the risk of floods.
Local residents, Joe Berry, told the BBC that she and her family were returning home after spending a sleeping night on Tuesday, spending a sleepless night.
“When PTSD rains here, people talk about PTSD and I understand completely,” says Berry, a former Leicester in the UK.
“We’ve been at home for more than 20 years here, but it’s not our first rodeo because we’ve experienced some cyclone events and floods in 2019,” she added. It mentions the flood disaster that caused (£ 620m; $ 770m).
On Monday night, other local residents were waiting for them to see if their house would survive, so they were at the edge of the knife.
However, further north of the state, a powerful and damaged road has made it difficult to evaluate the entire scope of the destruction of towns such as ingam and cardwell.
CRISAFULLI said that the damage was “very incredibly incredibly unbelievable”, and that in gum was almost completely electricity, “it is still the biggest challenge.”
“Some people have flooded at home, business, and farms,” he told the reporters on Tuesday.
The images posted in local media showed a long line at the supermarket in the town because people were waiting for important supplies. CRISAFULLI said that in a power outage, local hospitals were driving as usual and gas stations were open.
Local MP Nick Dumb stated in a video posted online that the flood caused damage to local homes, crops, and coastline.
“I have never seen flooding,” he said.
Ingam had already been involved with less than 5,000 people, after a 63 -year -old woman was trying to rescue on Sunday, when a 63 -year -old woman died when the state emergency service (SES) overturned.
The second woman’s body was discovered on Tuesday, just north of the ingam after a neighbor issued an alarm. The Queensland Police stated in a statement that she was last seen at home on Monday night.
According to the state energy provider, more than 8,000 real estate remains in the northern part of Queensland, and the partial collapse of important expressways has been hindering efforts to support some of the most intense hit areas.
CRISAFULLI stated that the recovery effort would “take time,” and that the priority for the next few hours was to take the generator to a isolated community in cooperation with the Army and “return online.”
He added that the federal funding would help reconstruct a Bruce Expressway, a major main street in the state, which is 1,673 km (1,039 miles) from the south.
The northern part of Queensland is located in the tropical region and is vulnerable to destructive cyclones, storms and floods.
Talking to the BBC in the Townsville, Scott Heron, a local resident and climate expert, said the latest disaster was unexpected.
“For a long time, climate scientists have revealed that extreme weather phenomena have become more extreme, and we are watching it,” he said at James Cook University. Professor Heron, Chairman of UNESCO, said.
Professor Heron plans to recover and rebuild the Blues Highway, urging politicians to consider it.
He said, especially if the infrastructure plan was not “a change in threats for climate change” in long -term projects, including roads and bridges, “wasted public funds.”
Additional report by Hannah Ritchie of Sydney.