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Archive for February 14th, 2019
A flood so vast it creates its own weather
Queensland’s flooded Flinders River is so wide it’s generated a thunderstorm. February 14, 2019 North Queensland’s once-in-a-century flooding has caused death, disease and heartbreak, now the vast inland sea has triggered a violent thunderstorm. Luckily the freakish storm formed in an isolated area about 200 kilometres south of Normanton and ran out of puff before it hit […]
Qld floods, carcasses elevate disease risk
Queenslanders in flood-affected areas are being warned of the risks of infection from thousands of cattle carcasses and soil-borne bacteria. February 14, 2019 Hundreds of thousands of putrefying cattle carcasses and a soil-borne bacteria stirred up by heavily contaminated floodwaters have ramped up the disease risk in north Queensland. One woman has died and nine people […]
A flood so vast it creates its own weather
Queensland’s flooded Flinders River is so wide it’s generated a thunderstorm. February 14, 2019 North Queensland’s once-in-a-century flooding has caused death, disease and heartbreak, now the vast inland sea has triggered a violent thunderstorm. Luckily the freakish storm formed in an isolated area about 200 kilometres south of Normanton and ran out of puff before it hit […]