The flood in Australia has applied “incredible” destruction of communities throughout the northern Queensland, the state prime minister said, although the conditions alleviate faster than it is foreseen.
Thousands of residents who have evacuated from their homes should return on Tuesday, but are afraid that hundreds of homes and companies have been flooded.
“It’s a catastrophe that will test people’s determination,” Prime Minister David CrisAfuli told ABC.
The parts of the region have withdrawn almost 2 m (6.5 ft) of rain since Saturday, which prompted constant warnings about floods and disappearances, but the prime minister said the weather conditions were “really kind” in the last hours.
In Townsville, the locals woke up the gray sky, but they just soaked, and the news that predicted the flood level was not realized. It was a distinct contrast to the intense showers that have been beaten by the region in the last few days.
Mitigation conditions mean that people who are advised to leave six Townsville suburbs may be “shot shot,” the Prime Minister said after suggested that the forecasts suggested that up to 1,700 homes were in danger.
But in the north of the state, poor communication and damaged roads make it difficult to assess the extent of damage to Ingham and Cardwell cities.
“The more information passes, the more there seems to be a real devastation,” said Mr. Crisfulli, who grew up in Ingham.
“I saw pictures of water in companies that never thought in my wildest dreams I would see water in stores there in much of the city,” he said.
More than 8,000 properties are left without electricity, according to the state provider of energy, and the partial collapse of the critical motorway still interferes with the efforts to help some of the most affected areas.
Crisafuli said that the effort to recover “would last for a while”.
