The Latest Breaking News from Queensland

Emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north

Towns cut off leaving people without power and at risk from crocodiles after ex-tropical cyclone Jasper dumped 2m of rain

Queensland residents facing heavy rain and power outages as hundreds evacuate or forced to cling to roofs

Defence force personnel deployed in region as Barron River catchment records 2,200mm of rain in last week, causing spill of flood water

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.

Unprecedented rain brought by Tropical Cyclone Jasper has triggered widespread flooding in far north Queensland, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.

A 2.5 metre saltwater crocodile has been found swimming in floodwaters at a north Queensland town after a creek burst its banks.

Nine people stuck on health clinic roof manage to reach higher ground but fears remain for community’s safety

The wet weather has not been able to stop heroic rescues across far north Queensland after the evacuation of a flooded town was postponed.