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2 days ago · Rainfall is expected to ease over the coming days but any further water in the already-soaked northern Australia will aggravate the flood disaster.

1 day ago · A second woman has died in floodwaters in a rain-hit region as showers begin to ease following days of torrential downpours.

2 days ago · Multiple evacuation warnings are in place for regions across the far north with residents in Cardwell, Ingham and Townsville's "black zone" spanning Cluden, Hermit Park, Idalia, Oonoonba, Railway Estate and Rosslea unable to return home.

3 days ago · "We've seen torrential rainfall continue across the Herbert and Lower Burdekin and parts of North Tropical Coast, with widespread falls of 200 to 300 millimetres with isolated falls in excess of that," senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said.

4 days ago · Townsville Local Disaster Management Group chair Andrew Robinson said they are not expecting a disaster of a similar magnitude as in 2019, when a monsoonal trough hovered over the city and caused flooding that took lives and destroyed thousands of homes.

Water authorities will face a hearing over their actions to monitor and detect toxic "forever chemicals", as governments list sites of likely contamination.

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