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Archive for February 12th, 2019
Qld floods kills third person, one missing
The once-in-a-century floods in north Queensland have claimed another life, as authorities race to dispose of hundreds of thousands of dead animals. February 12, 2019 Queensland’s once-in-a-century monsoonal deluge has claimed another life. In Townsville, where floodwaters inundated thousands of homes and businesses, melioidosis has infected 10 people, killing one, Queensland Health says. The disease stems from […]
Stock losses could sink Qld graziers
Flooded Queensland graziers fear they may go under financially after a once-in-a-century monsoonal deluge swamped stations killing thousands of head of cattle. February 12, 2019 Exhausted graziers have been left with a grizzly clean-up after receding floodwaters in north Queensland left behind hundreds of thousands of rotting cattle carcasses. But it’s not the bodies lying […]