Sydney: A person died on Sunday in the state of North Queensland of Australia in severe floods, authorities said, urging thousands of people to move to a higher land due to torrential rains.
Queensland authorities said the large floods were underway in the coastal sheet of Fuechinbrook, a town of around 11,000 people located about 500 km (310 miles) north of the state capital Brisbane. Several suburbs in the nearby city of Townsville were also affected, authorities said.
North Queensland has large zinc reserves, as well as important silver, lead, copper and iron mineral deposits, with Townsville an important processing center for the base metals of the region. In 2019, serious floods in the area interrupted lead shipments and zinc concentrates and damaged thousands of properties.
“Residents in low areas must collect their evacuation kit and move to a safe place in a higher terrain. This situation can represent a threat to life and property,” regional authorities of the regional authorities of management of management of management of emergencies
The flood was caused by heavy rains of a low pressure system rich in tropical moisture, said Australia’s weather forecast on its website, added that the total rain total ones were probably up to 300 mm (11.8 inches).
“The potential of heavy rains, locally intense and harmful winds can continue at the beginning of next week subject to the force and position of the channel and bass,” he said.
Frequent floods have reached east of Australia in recent years, including floods “once in the century” that flooded the territory of the neighboring northern in January 2023 during an weather event of the Nina of several years.
