Queensland floods: inside the disaster zone | A Current Affair

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It's the reality of life at Ingham in North Queensland and tonight, we're in the disaster zone, to see and hear from the people who've lost so much. (Broadcast 4 February, 2025)
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[@JacquelineHahn1]

So nice t see they allowed comments on this one

[@jessicakruger7]

Something is up in the Southern Hemisphere for sure. In South Africa, we had continuous rains through December into Jan. We have shortages on veggies now because they rotted from the rain. We feel you guys, it is crazy.

[@carmenbecktel849]

Prayers for all those affected people! The earth is raging. Earthquakes, fires, floods. All around the world. Why are these not on regular news outlets?

[@BriannaLifeCoach]

Jesus is coming

[@Some1inFNQ]

Sorry to those who got hit. Broke my arm helping my neighbours evacuate their valuables after jasper last year. Cut off by flood water, no painkillers but panadol, ambulance came through on day 5 to let me know water was down, gave me some endone and let me drive myself to hospital so I would have a way to get home. Had the neighbours in my spare room for 4 months. insurance refused to pay them. Highway was cut in a few places then, 13 months later it's still 1 lane in 2 places, trips to town are an extra 30 minutes. But there's billions for highways and stadiums and all the rest of it in Brisbane. We can't even get a highway that stays off the flood plains. If only every town on the coast had a port supplies could come in through. Oh wait they do.

[@Bippy2970]

Kuranda range is a prime example. 12 months and nothing has changed. Feeling gutted for everyone affected.

[@albertafarmer8638]

So sad this happened to you. Willow bark tea is a natural pain medicine. The LORD bless and protect you!

[@albertafarmer8638]

@@Bippy2970 Yes but we are living in the E...n...d...t...i...m...e...s... the signs are everywhere! Please get rapture ready, our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST is coming soon!

[@helenowen5408]

​@@Bippy2970 well they did start to work on the range...in December just before the wet came back in 🤣👍🍻🇭🇲

[@helenowen5408]

No way they can ever flood proof the Bruce unless they lift the entire highway from Brisbane to Cairns thirty meters up. They do mitigation works every year and the following wet the water diverts and cuts somewhere else. Better off putting money into heavy lift aircraft and big barges. This is not the first flood event up here won't be the last. 👍🍻🇭🇲

[@williamwaleys865]

This has been happening for hundreds of thousands of years if not millions before humans inhabited these flood plains.

[@newsgetsold]

Umm Earth is only about 6000 years old and there was a global flood about 4500 years ago.

[@RoshniNaidu-l1w]

Prayers with you all 🙏

[@Bud-m1e]

AusAID needs to be investigated immediately

[@StealthFB22]

Probably the same as USAid. Money going into the pockets instead of helping people.

[@lindarushton6502]

And here I am at South Mission Beach. Flooded and stuck on my island bed. Water is touching the bottom of the mattress. It's off the floor. Seems no SES assistance for us, besides offers of a ride up the street to where it's dry.

[@Bippy2970]

I'm so sorry for what you are going thru.

[@helenowen5408]

Hows it down there now mate Hope it's improving and you and yours are safe . Unfortunately ses are very restricted these days. Last year when we enquired about evacuation we were told to get on our roof and wait it out.👍🍻🇭🇲

[@ismailahamidoloko442]

It is too much water in such a space of time. I feel sympathy for all the people affected by the flood.

[@mathudson7101]

Power supply build at the lowest part of town ffs Ergon upgrade overdue. This was a flood not a cyclone why was the power cut?

[@ashdog236]

Queensland needs to build some dams to control these floods and sell it to the southern states who don’t get as much rain

[@lisasmith4296]

QLD infrastructure and toads are the worst in the country You’d think knowing what the weather is like in summer they’d start making changes

[@helenowen5408]

Don't know if that's a predictive text thing or not but yep the "toads" up here suck 🤣🍻🇭🇲

[@Nicolas_0456]

Hello! I'm a French bearded guy from France. It's in Europe. I'm watching this TV channel each day. See you at the Eurovision, Australia! 😁😃

[@anniehills3580]

Silly😊

[@Nicolas_0456]

@@anniehills3580 😄🤣 Hi! Thank you for your comment! 😁

[@Wedget]

Great to see the QLD premier on the scene, being his family town👍

[@jaisingh5801]

This is why they live in elevated homes called Queenslader.., but property damage 💔 😢

[@5RndsFFE]

The elevation and flood resistance is a by product of design, the elevation was to allow air flow to the sub floor to aid with cooling during the warmer seasons.

[@Angie-p8d]

Cloudseeding stop man made crises

[@milamberhague8095]

How can we volunteer to help

[@Some1inFNQ]

Thing is, volunteers need resources that the locals need too, food, water, a place to sleep. so going there to help isn't as helpful as you think. collecting things to donate is helpful, but you still have to use transport to get the donations there. Seriously the best thing you can do to help is contact people via social media who are there and ask what you can do. we got 800mm in ONE HOUR in December last year. I was stranded behind flood waters with a broken arm last year for 5 days. drove myself to hospital when I could. the donations you send never get through to us. they couldn't even send a rescue chopper for me it was raining that hard. highway is STILL one lane in two places. But there's billions for highways in brisbane.

[@helenowen5408]

After things settle down and the water recedes a bit there will be different organisations calling for volunteers. Maybe touch base with ya local emergency services mob they'll be the best place to start.👍🍻🇭🇲

[@gryphus64]

It was a desperate flood in Brisbane twice in the last decade, no road in or out up North. Hope you guys can hold it together but probably have no internet. A land of floods and drought!

[@ВиталийЛой-м9й]

Бедные люди! Столько страданий! 😞

[@CandiTCandi]

🙏❤

[@prizecowproductions]

Since i worked on a drill rig in North Western QLD in the mid 80,s there would have to been at least 3 cyclone events and another 3 flooding events. Just go to show the spirit of the North Queenslander.

[@philliphall5198]

Terrible news 😢prayers ❤

[@Flash7-z7]

Repeated same news about floodings each year in Australia....Why not relocate to other better areas???

[@myopinion69420]

part of the problem is developers keep buying up floodplains and building them up to build houses on them. then the water has nowhere to go because what used to be a low paddock or scrub/bushland is now 1-2 meters higher. so the water has to go elsewhere.

[@helenowen5408]

Cause no matter where ya go in Australia except maybe on a mountain top ya gonna get floods even the mountains are gonna have landslides. Why do you repeat the same drivel that's been posted by other tossers and not come up with something new and better?? 👍🍻🇭🇲

[@ConnorEduard]

Because these are the places towns were built decades ago with little foresight. We as individuals don't have the power to just make new towns wherever we want. History lead us to where we are and unless we can magically shift our towns to where they're indestructible, we're stuck with what we've got.

[@blackmancer]

Ahoy from Ingham! Plz, can we rebuild our power substation not in practically the lowest part of town, just a suggestion.

[@irinazorkina2987]

😢😢😢

[@BriannaLifeCoach]

Jesus is coming

[@fired-up-fr8dygaming]

Wow we need to help these folks in Ingram. Allies need to send help or something

[@keiracurro8407]

1 in 100 years, 6 years later...

[@HienLe-yp5yz]

NAM MÔ A Dİ ĐÀ PHÂṬ................

[@PP-mz4hv]

Are the Indigenous people being affected by the floods? I didn't see any Aboriginal people in the news report.

[@danpoole7933]

Good luck to all effected. I hope you get help both financial and physical with the clean up. Aussie come together in times of need.

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

Pretty big flood. It will move south and hang off the coast as an east coast low. Get ready NSW.

[@mariadoloresgonzalezalvare2694]

Justicia Spanish 😎🌻

[@danielhagger809]

own a 4 x 4 a tinny and a Gen set living in the north, mandatory

[@anniehills3580]

HUMANS, INVEST IN CANOES, RAFTS, BOATS AND BACK UP FUEL!!

[@joseenoel8093]

Sucks to be you! Best wishes from French Canada 🇨🇦! Get serious, save whatever species you have left and stop denying climate change. 😊

[@Bippy2970]

@joseenoel8093 it's not climate change. This is climate cycles and a good old fashioned wet season.

[@nickk5731]

floods arent a terrible thing. there part of mother natures ecosystem. Without them thered be problems

[@budawang77]

Sure but they are getting worse.

[@nickk5731]

@@budawang77 no theyre not. just seems worse because of all the development that has changed the layout of the land

[@BelenCayanong]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kunalgaur3366]

You want me to feel pity yaadnath ?

[@milamberhague8095]

Or do we just drive there and just help

[@Bippy2970]

There's no food, fuel getting in. Where would you stay. You need to wait untill water has gone and things are set in place.

[@TerenceLord-w6m]

You can not driver there, as you can only drive 50 kms north of Townsville , the bridge has gone.

[@helenowen5408]

It's a great sentiment mate but no as said above stay away until the waters recede then they'll start calling for volunteers if needed. 👍🍻🇭🇲

[@patricia7336w]

😢🤍✝️🕊️〰️🙏〰️🛐〰️🕊️✝️🤍

[@SharonOneill-b7v]

repent

[@Bippy2970]

@@SharonOneill-b7v repenting has nothing to do with this. This is qlds wet season. Mother nature and weather cycles.

[@SharonOneill-b7v]

@Bippy2970 this is from God wake up and repent your sins

[@Bippy2970]

@SharonOneill-b7v l am a Christian. All my freinds are christians. Repented our sins. Why are we still suffering, why are our churches flooded. This is a qld wet season.