Tag: Queensland

Hundreds evacuated as flood disaster unfolds in northeastern Australia

CAIRNS, Australia, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) – Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns. Rescue teams evacuated more than 300 people overnight, police said, and military helicopters were dispatched to help inundated areas cut off by the floods. Damage was reported along an expanse of coastline that stretched about 400 kilometres (250 miles) across northern Queensland. With […]

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Australian towns endure night of ‘shocking’ bushfires

SYDNEY, Nov 1, 2023 (AFP) – Helicopters buzzed over bushfire-scarred swathes of eastern Australia on Wednesday, assessing the damage left by “shocking” blazes that raged overnight. Water bombing aircraft swooped on fires smouldering in Queensland and New South Wales (NSW), while fire crews raced to dig containment lines as conditions eased on Wednesday morning. Firefighters toiled through the night to repel bushfires on the border between the two states, while more than 50 houses have […]

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Two police officers among three killed in Australia shooting

Sydney, Australia (AFP) Two police officers were among three people killed in a shooting in the Australian state of Queensland, authorities said on Monday, and a hunt for the offenders was underway. Queensland Police ordered residents of the remote rural community of Wieambilla, about 270 kilometres (170 miles) west of the state capital Brisbane, to remain indoors until further notice while they hunted the killer or killers. Australia has some of the toughest gun laws […]

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DFA: Filipino student drowns in Australia

(Eagle News) — A Filipino student drowned off Australian waters on Monday, Feb. 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs did not give a name but said the 24-year-old victim who drowned off Flinders Beach in North Stradbroke Island was studying at Queensford College in Brisbane, based on a report from Ambassador to Australia Ma. Hellen De la Vega. The DFA extended its condolences to the victim’s family, who has requested its assistance in the repatriation […]

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In photos: Raging floodwaters hit Townsville, Queensland in Australia

  (Eagle News) — For more than a week, Townsville in Queensland, Australia has been experiencing strong winds accompanied by heavy rainfall. On Friday, February 1, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said heaviest falls were occurring over Townsville, with up to 200 millimeters of water predicted that day. These photos here showed how the raging floodwaters hit the town. The Queensland Bureau of Meteorology had earlier raised warnings of flash floods within the area. The city […]

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Record breaking floods hit north Australia

  CAIRNS, Australia (AFP) — Communities were cut off, farmers stranded and cows washed offshore as heavy rain pelted northeast Australia Sunday, with one major river breaking 118-year-old floodwater records. The Bureau of Meteorology said Queensland’s Daintree River rose to 12.60 meters — a level not seen in over a century — and local authorities warned that some residents in remote areas could be cut off for days. The heritage listed Daintree Rainforest received more […]

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Search after ‘illegal’ boat runs aground in croc-infested waters

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Dozens of foreigners were believed to be on the run Monday in an Australian mangrove rainforest after their suspected illegal fishing boat ran aground in crocodile-infested waters. The Australian Border Force said a “number of potential unlawful non-citizens” were located, but did not reveal their country of origin or whether they were fishermen or asylum-seekers. Locals they saw people fleeing into the forest after their vessel ran aground near Daintree River […]

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Scientists discover resilient ‘heart’ of Great Barrier Reef

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists said Tuesday a small portion may be resilient enough to keep much of the rest alive. About three percent of the World Heritage site — home to the planet’s largest collection of coral reefs with 3,800 in all — has so far emerged relatively unscathed from a host of threats, from warming waters to pollution […]

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Jinkee Pacquiao and walking on the streets of Australia in style

(Eagle News) — She walked down the streets like she was a model. While the Filipino boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao was busy preparing for his upcoming bout against Jeff Horn on July 2, his wife Jinkee appeared to have already nailed a modeling competition as she walked down the streets of Australia  in high fashion and style. Jinkee Pacquiao’s OOTD (outfits of the day) posted on her Instagram account instantly became blockbusters as netizens showered […]

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Australian PM surveys cyclone damage as floods threaten southeast Queensland

NORTH QUEENSLAND (Reuters) –Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull praised the resilience of residents in Queensland state as he surveyed the damage caused by Cyclone Debbie in Bowen on Thursday (March 30). Cyclone Debbie struck as a category four storm on Tuesday (March 28), smashing tourist resorts, ripping off roofs, bringing down power lines, flattening canefields and flooding coastal regions. Tens of thousands more people were still without power on Thursday in north Queensland, where officials […]

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Residents prepare as Cyclone Debbie bears down on Australia

QUEENSLAND, Australia (Reuters) –Residents of the town of Airlie Beach in north Queensland, Australia, began filling sand bags on Monday (March 27) in preparation for Cyclone Debbie, forecast to make landfall early the next day. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the storm will strengthen to a Category Four, with winds forecast to reach up to 300 km per hour (185 mph). State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned it would be the most powerful storm to […]

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