A photograph released by Queensland firefighters shows floods in the vicinity of Bowen (Australia), on February 2, 2025. Handout / AFP The floods have already led to the evacuation of more than 2,000 inhabitants this weekend. The rise of waters continues on Monday, February 3, in northeast Australia on Monday, February 3, affected by floods which caused the collapse of a bridge and power cuts for ten thousands of households. “We are going to have generalized rains and storms in a large part of the northern Queensland,” warned Prime Minister David Crisafulli during a press conference on Monday. “We are ready to face the prospect of new rains and the probability of new floods,” he added. Also according to Mr. Crisafulli, the emergency services carried out eleven “live water rescues” during the night, and several areas of Townsville, a popular coastal tourist destination located near the Grande Barrier de Corail, were declared ” black zone ”. Residents refuse to leave the premises the authorities asked 2,100 inhabitants of the town to leave the premises during the weekend, but about 10 % of them refused, according to the managers of the services . The water has mounted up to more than a meter during the weekend in certain parts of Queensland. The flows won part of a concrete bridge, cutting the main coastal road in the state, the Bruce Highway. A woman in the sixties was killed on Sunday when the lifeboat in which she was capsized in the rural city of Ingham, affected by the floods, about 100 kilometers northwest of Townsville , said the police. Nearly 11,000 households are still deprived of electricity in northern Queensland on Monday, said electricity distributor Ergon Energy. The world with AFP reuse this content
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