A man has been plucked from floodwaters in northwest Queensland and calls for help are rising as an unseasonal deluge sets in again over the state’s north.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) swiftwater rescue team helped a man in his 20s to safety after he got trapped in floodwaters in Soldiers Hill, a suburb of Mount Isa, at about 11 p.m. on May 9.
A severe weather warning has been issued from Townsville west to Cloncurry, and from Croydon in the north and south to Blackall—an area of 759,510 square kilometres, which is just slightly smaller than the Mediterranean country of Turkey, which is 769,630 square kilometres.
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