Queensland floods: Australia airport submerged and crocodiles seen after record rain | BBC News

Flash floods in north Queensland have led to an entire town being evacuated and people trapped on a hospital roof.
Thousands have been evacuated but others remain stranded, in what authorities expect to be the Australian region's worst-ever flood.
Extreme weather driven by a tropical cyclone has dumped a year's worth of rain on some areas.
Images show planes submerged at Cairns airport, a crocodile seen in the middle of a town, and people fleeing in boats.
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[@machidaman]

My sister in Cairns is living on 1st floor, no electricity and has lost her car and motorcycle to the flood so far. That said, she and her dogs are safe for now which is the main thing.b

[@charlottehardy822]

Have family there too. It’s not a great place to be right now. Hope your sister and her dogs remain safe.

[@flufwix]

So glad she’s safe at least. ❤

[@TravelsTTG]

I hope see stayed safe. I can’t with crocs there too.

[@celestinaphang4528]

Never been so Happy, seein..........NEWS like *THIS* !!

[@cookiescrooks2201]

They are *X- convicted CrooKs* !!

[@Drawingboredi]

What evil sh* are you even saying

[@celestinaphang4528]

U @Drawingboredi , NO Understand *inklisch* !?? G0 BACK to Kindergarten.............😅🤣😂 @@Drawingboredi

[@sasamiami1816]

They are *X- cons.* from the Land down_Under, Britain., ENG.!! the ABorogines should be Celebratin NOW!!

[@sasamiami1816]

Me too. The aborogines should be Happy & celebrating this News now esp. the *X-convicted* from UK had taken over their ..........LAND!!

[@glenfield9199]

I’m in port Douglas the rain was unbelievable. I might add there’s no supplies getting here anytime soon …the roads are under tons of landslides.

[@logicalmusicman5081]

Stay safe! Hope you all get supplies soon.

[@bceyre8204]

Sending love and support, from Tassie. Stay safe.

[@lynnnicholas5832]

Take care. Thinking of everyone in my favourite Qld town

[@Lifts_QWERTY]

I’m from South East Queensland and we also received terrible thunderstorms and mountains of rain! This reminds me of last year’s floods! It was horrible. Hope everyone up north is recovering well

[@sgillard960]

But hang on, they announced a 'la nina' weather pattern and dry conditions going forward!!! Hasn't stopped raining since they said it.

[@uzaiyaro]

@@sgillard960apparently El Niño doesn’t impact cyclones much.

[@herryblackstudio]

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭💐💐💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@newgabe09]

thanks. It's a relief to us that it didn't keep raining all Monday. And so sorry for the people further north.

[@ssveta0088]

All truth about it was announced at the international online forum "Global Crisis. There is a way out".

[@180_karma]

How is the British media is covering this better than the Australian media?

[@jettstream2886]

It's not

[@rhondah1587]

I've seen flooding like that here in south Louisiana too. We have to look out for snakes and alligators when the waters rise. Fortunately we have a group that self-organized called the Cajun Navy and they do a great job at getting stranded people out to safety. Best wishes to you all. You have my sympathy.

[@catherinemacaskill1421]

I live in Canada. Right now high winds and heavy rain are a problem. Loss of power is also an issue. Thank heavens no snakes nor alligators. Our weather is changing. However, I will take the time to wish everyone a safe happy holiday season. I hope 2024 is a good year for our world.

[@thebottles2667]

That's right. It's all about you.

[@davidhobbs5679]

Maybe, but I doubt that having over 50 INCHES (1300 mm) in a week is normal. Up here floods it the regularly, but never this bad.

[@rhondah1587]

@@davidhobbs5679 I can sympathize with you as where I live in the U.S., we had a flood in 2016 that was a flood they called a 100-year flood from rain and 100s of thousands of people lost their homes and sat on roof tops and in trees. It was from freakish heavy rain for just a few days. We also suffer regularly from devastating hurricanes as well. That's why I can have sympathetic feelings for all of you going through some of the same misery. Mother nature is merciless on what life is on her earth.

[@rhondah1587]

@@thebottles2667 Sorry you think having sympathy because one has had such an experience is making it about themselves. When you see someone experience the same pain you have had, it resounds deeply and can be felt sincerely for the other's suffering more so than if you'd never had that pain.

[@sanchurros6030]

yes!!! YES!!! *Santa clausss....... is comin to TOWN* .........🎄🎄🎅

[@taxitaxi922]

😂😅❤

[@mortofromoz1]

To give some perspective, some areas have received 800 - 900 mm of rain in one day. The whole of Far North Queensland’s 380,000 km2 is affected (compared to UK’s 243,000 km2)

[@sanchurros6030]

May wish you a Merry ChristX'mass, may wish you a merry ChristX'mass, may WISH you a merry ChristX'mas, *AUSTRALIA is FLoooding in- TOWN* 🥰🥰 Happy NEW YEAR 2024 , Dear &X- convicted British croooKs* 😘

[@cookiescrooks2201]

🤭🤭👍 , finally someone is speaking the Truth about these aussies.

[@cookiescrooks2201]

👍👍🙏

[@maralfniqle5092]

Heck yes crocodiles would be almost everywhere in those areas. Stay safe, everyone, hope help and supplies get through quickly

[@davidkelly153]

It’s very serious up there. My sister is trapped in Cairns whilst her husband and son are in Townsville. Probably won’t get back to cairns until at least Wednesday. I think the Aussie reporter liked saying the town name of Wujil Wujil though.

[@kerrynight3271]

American here. The first time she said it I thought she was stuttering. I wish your family well.

[@majorlaff8682]

@@kerrynight3271 Yes, he was nervous and stuttering, 'Wujil, wujil, wujilisten to me when I'm speaking to you.'

[@rabbitrabbit1243]

No it bloody serious take the piss out if it if U like but you would b shittin g yourself if you were stuck there.

[@TheFijntje54Annie]

My heart goes out to all people. It's terrible. 😪😪 With love from the Netherlands ❤️❤️

[@LookupUnited24Tohelp-ph8ir]

Love ❤

[@Caitness1]

Spent many years in the Far North and endured several cyclones. The flooding with Jasper is worst I’ve seen. Stay safe everyone and keep the kids close.

[@kevinjackson6387]

Oh my god was out that way in sept- oct visiting me mate and had great weather can’t believe this ,Mother Nature doing her worst ,keep safe everyone there x

[@allenthien3103]

ThanK GOD , FINALLY the GOD here its doin @their Job & the *TRUTH* on these Aussies_Australians!!

[@cookiescrooky499]

EXACT 100% They are Typical *British X- Convicted croooKs* !!

[@phillipbriggs895]

you guyz are _CANCERS, Breastcancers Final 4th- staged!!

[@JayneCooney-ym9kp]

Prayers for Australia

[@bblacker8434]

*Wishing for safety of the indigenous Aboriginal Australians*

[@svenlabots1869]

My feelings are with the victims and families. Hang in there, people, hope you'll be fine in the end....

[@sandramaiden4707]

The aboriginal people along the Darling River had a fear of the bunyip, that came with the floods. The bunyip was a crocodile, washed down the river from Queensland. We as kids were warned not to go near the river or the bunyip would get us.

[@trevorgale1176]

That croc is not a worry, it's just a baby, it's the mummy, daddy, grandparents and great granddaddy's and mummy's you have to worry about.🤔

[@tishbrett]

Still big enough to make a mess of someone

[@davidjacobs828]

I advise everyone in a flood zone to go up stairs as crocodiles cannot run up stairs quickly .

[@SamiKotiranta]

Stay safe over there❤️❤️❤️

[@Aussiemarco]

The BBC probably should have shown a map of where this is happening. It gives the impression to anyone who doesn’t know Australia that major cities are underwater with crocs swimming around the streets of somewhere like Sydney or Melbourne. It’s taking place many thousands of kilometres north of Melbourne, Sydney or even Brisbane - the state of Queensland is massive!! Far northern Australia has two seasons - the Dry Season and the Wet Season. It’s now the Wet Season and this is just exceptionally wet. The people living up in Far North Queensland are tough, they’ll be taking this and getting through it. And from the predictions of extreme hot weather happing over this summer, this region will possibly be hit by a cyclone in February or March. This is why you need to be tough to live up there.

[@LookupUnited24Tohelp-ph8ir]

Oh Australia 🙏❤️

[@EpicCrust]

Thoughts with our Aussie Brother's & Sisters from the UK

[@pattyarbelaez2883]

Prayers for Australia. Here in Alberta Canada is 1 Celcius in winter. Last year was -30 Celcius at this time. I am so worry.

[@MichihiroHonda]

El Nino.

[@ronnie7075]

North Qld is well used to cyclones and floods. This one is different as it remained in the one big area as a rain bomb. These floods are several metres above what they usually experience.

[@muhammedallah386]

Oh boy! Crocks are going to have early Christmas gifts..😮

[@NinjaOrchids]

Maybe Hartley's Adventures is missing a croc that would normally show up for the snap shots? .... yikes, though! What a scary situation 🙏

[@dumolwenkosigwetu6943]

Thank you.

[@afsahdurgauhee1648]

Hope everyone is fine.no loss of life. Wish u all lots of courage..😊

[@flufwix]

Hoping everyone stays safe up there. In Florida an alligator was found dragging a body along a residential street during floods.

[@XSemperIdem5]

When did that happen? Every time there's hurricanes and big storms hitting Florida I wonder why more people aren't talking about gators lurking in the murky flooded streets.

[@justinr9784]

Just play Tom Petty over this footage and you got yourself a GTA VI trailer.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Just play Tom Petty anytime! 🎩 🤘🤘

[@sohansvlog838]

How 😢😢

[@brianfreeman8290]

For those of us with friends and family over there, a map might be reassuring !

[@IIISentorIII]

Its to late now, just moments ago a giant meteor wiped put the entire town. But the Crocs are fine it seems.

[@brianfreeman8290]

Cheers. Thanks for 'eff all !@@IIISentorIII

[@carokat1111]

It's very far north in Queenland on the east coast of Australia.

[@brianfreeman8290]

Thank you. My daughter lives above Brisbane, which also appears to have been affected. Moreover, I'm unable to contact her !@@carokat1111

[@marcusfox2443]

I'm in Townsville,Ingham is 111klms north of us and Cairns is 350klms north of us and a lot of flooding north of Cairns and the Daintree and inland . If you look up these towns on google maps you'll see the area affected.

[@Coffeeordie._88.]

May God protect you all.🤍🙏🙏🙏

[@Jnoooooo]

Good shouldn't have sent the cyclone and all that rain to begin with......

[@user-hi9im6vw2g]

This kind can only be caused when the moon is disturbed or tempered with

[@yeahnah773]

Refreshing bbc and abc not trying to push an agenda and just expressing what’s happening with the floods here. Keep that up

[@davidhoward4715]

Yes, not supporting the Tory criminals for a change.

[@cooncheez5547]

The agenda is and always has been about "views!"

[@joelc9439]

And people from the UK think that Australia is all dry and warm.

[@plentyofnothing]

No we don't - we know the Southern hemisphere has less land mass and the oceans warm quicker than land as a result of global warming and climate change. It will get worse

[@petejams7340]

Humanity needs to address climate change. The costs to try and fix this will be cheaper than enduring the costs of these disasters year after year.

[@raclark2730]

This is a Normal cyclonic event for Northern Australia and is not out of bounds of natural. We would not have any rainforests or extensive wetlands without such events. A 1 in 100 year event is more common than people realize. As these events are spread across the entire North, There can be multiple within a century.

[@CHINESE_PRIDE]

Fun fact: China builds two new coal plants a week. That's more than every other country combined.

[@bb5979]

Happens every year in this region. “Climate change” lol fool.

[@howunacceptibleofme2145]

Fool , nature don't give a shit about money ....

[@deanpd3402]

I would suggest that if we started seeing cyclones in the middle of an Australian winter, then this would be evidence of climate change but instead we continue to see cyclones only happening during the cyclone season. Remarkable that. I notice though, that you continue to take advantage of the things that a fossil fuel economy produce by continuing to use your computer. As they say, put up or shut up.

[@user-dc1mm9yc9i]

😂😂😂😂 this is unbelievable

[@majorlaff8682]

Just a few light winds and scattered showers in the tropics.

[@CalebRota-fe7gn]

gosh so sad

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Australia...😳

[@shahzadazulfiqar1]

Barron River & it's streams (adjacent roads) 😮😮

[@subashchandrasabar6116]

Oh, God

[@user-eh9li5tx7h]

Good luck everybody.

[@IIISentorIII]

Its to late now, just moments ago a giant meteor wiped put the entire town. But the Crocs are fine it seems.

[@beano9343]

The thing is, it came after cyclone Jasper,they had some idea early that bad weather was coming. The cyclone threat was reduced, but still there is always rain and it spreads across most of aus after a cyclone. They had fair warning but it went bad :(

[@gracek8859]

Rain does not spread across most of the country after a cyclone at all.

[@markshark7521]

You can't prepare for this, and weather forecasters are crap, and we are getting rainfall never had before, it is worse than after Yasi. You can't hold back mother nature!

[@markshark7521]

​@@gracek8859exactly right

[@rickh3714]

People think its all over when the Cyclone passes. It wasn't with Cyclone Gabrielle in NZ, it won't be with Cyclone Jasper. Rivers take time for the backlog to clear. We had 'atmospheric rivers' and many months of wet weather in the NI of NZ earlier this year both prior to & after the Cyclone. It felt like someone had flicked a switch.

[@flufwix]

No one could forecast that the cyclone would slow down and therefore dump a bunch of rain in one spot. Nature is not completely predictable

[@Sk8Bettty]

Geez, Ozzies are tough. Gobbless yall. 🙏

[@bikramjitsingh8708]

Boy and I thought we had problems!!

[@mikewingert5521]

Poor old Oz.

[@FMFvideos]

This channel comments section is infested with thousands of scammer bots..

[@abdiver12]

An entire year of rain (2 meters) in only 5 days. I saw photos of airplanes underwater at their airport. Absolutely crazy what global warming is doing to the weather and expect to it get MUCH worse in the coming years.

[@Techo1329]

Yeah, like this has never ever ever happened before. Intense rain and flooding in the tropics, who'd of thought this was even possible? Good thing we have all these wind farms otherwise the rain would of been so much worse. Thank God we're well on the way to controlling global weather systems, we just need to manufacture and transport a few billion more solar panels and giant windmills, and then keep replacing them every 15-20 years, too easy, mother nature will be tamed.

[@nameless7174]

Global warming 🤣

[@abdiver12]

@@nameless7174 only a complete idiot would still think it’s fake with all the scientific evidence to the contrary. But it really doesn’t matter anymore because it’s unstoppable at this point.

[@kartoffelwaffel]

2010 called, they want their climate change denial posts back

[@flowerpower8722]

It's not global warming. It's the natural weather pattern for ever in that part of the world. The day the cyclones and floods stop is when people might become concerned. Nature doesn't have to be nice to be correct.

[@Lifes_deepest_secrets]

Praying for everyone’s safety 🙏

[@LookupUnited24Tohelp-ph8ir]

🙏 Prayers

[@damag3plan]

Prayer. The best way to feel like you're doing something when you're actually doing nothing helpful at all👍

[@Lifes_deepest_secrets]

@@damag3plan indeed

[@endurodadclint5377]

600 mm of rain in 24 hrs ! Let that sink in

[@janecme]

Australia posts signs about sewage spills!! Thames Water could learn something, but maybe don't have enough signs.

[@charlesstevensEnki]

Did someone save that poor crocodile 😮

[@billyouka448]

His poor little face

[@dijonvolner6024]

Yes, he was taken to safety at a sanctuary

[@flowerpower8722]

From what? He's at home. They would have collected him for human safety.

[@user-jh6vl4kx7c]

Is so many Crocs up there now since they stopped hunting them probably some monsters in those waters

[@jturtle5318]

Like Florida during a hurricane, with sharks cruising along the streets.

[@SethiozProject]

sounds like dinner time for crocs

[@joju5849]

Great, as if the floods weren't bad enough, now there's crocodiles in there too. What's next? Bull sharks and fire?

[@t-rex4211]

Spiders seeking shelter too 🥴

[@savemowbraypark7712]

Leave it alone! That's our pet crock!

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

Crocodile says what is the problem?

[@user-bo1ux2pv1l]

I think they have to re-think about the materials they use to cover the grand for building roads and squares, the fresh and clean rains are good climates’ signs I think, but some materials they have been using are not environmentally friendly.

[@risa_sh.youtube3244]

The world has changed **Nam myoho rengekyo** 🙏 pray 🌍 peace be safe ___:

[@flowerpower8722]

If we're not burning we're drowning, sometimes both at the same time in various places. I'm very sorry for the people of Cairns and NQ as this is one of those one in 100year floods. Due to cyclone Jasper parking it's soaking wet arse in the Peninsula for no good reason. The wind wasn't much to write home about, so it's making itself known by doing this.

[@lazynow1]

They all drive on the wrong side of the road ...what do you expect....

[@laurakyplain2413]

Karma for greed/stolen Indigenous land

[@Jnoooooo]

That's helpful...

[@golinlim2221]

🥰😘😘 Can i kisses YOU🤝🙏

[@taxitaxi922]

Well- said❤😊

[@bandohjfusion4885]

How is it karma when Indigenous communities are affected? Use your brain cells please.

[@taxitaxi922]

@@bandohjfusion4885 NO.!!! It’s NOT❌❌ its *X-convicted British* crooks like YOU are affected the most👍 Perhaps used YOURS!!!

[@ElonHusky]

"would you would you"

[@user-iu7ec6je1g]

OT: Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations--WOR and WLVI!

[@hlwanmoe9279]

ဟယ်လို့မဂ်လာပါ🙋‍♂️

[@thealhayy]

Heavy spill took crocodile on roads

[@SherienElBehery]

😔

[@ramonhelder3138]

I,tink the Water tak,s the rule over this moment,you can see all over the Planeet.

[@daisy8297]

Crocs are always an issue during flooding in Qld, noone should be wading through floodwaters

[@GDB11]

But they told us a few years ago that it will never rain again in Australia

[@paul7TM]

It will always rain in QLD mate. My family and I lived there as ten pound poms in the 70s. I was just a kid but remember the '74 Brisbane floods well. Cheers.

[@ajc5479]

Who is they? Those invisible friends of yours? lol

[@GDB11]

@@ajc5479 "They" as in the experts and the same news channels that now report on the floods. Guess you were just living in a cave at the time mate

[@aindriubradleymarshall6226]

Fear porn....

[@smallies7154]

Remember they changed it from global warming to climate change because people were noticing that it was get colder

[@marysagwas7397]

Das sind die Sonnenstürme gewesen

[@gus8493]

Every drain system should have a hydroelectric generator...Turns wet weather into power... So we can we can watch the BBC of course...

[@laurenmallon4963]

sorry for all those people !

[@robnewman6101]

There's a Crocodile! Look out!

[@Vhampyre]

this reminds me of that movie.... crawl i think it was?

[@Harry-me1zq]

Having spent time in Qld the name rain forest is bit of a clue.

[@Grievous-]

The only reason I clicked on this video was due to the extreme thumbnail which they didn't even show in this coverage. It's probably not even from this event.

[@pinto2399]

অস্ট্রেলিয়া বৃষ্টি হওয়ায় নদী

[@Quillotita]

I think it’s time for Queenslanders to start building their houses on a higher grounds… every year we hear the same story, I think is time for the government to act on this as weather events are going from bad to worse

[@sgillard960]

Queensland has had cyclones forever. Nothing has changed. There is just way more houses and construction in general over the last few decades. Remember 1974? Look up flood charts for the 1890s, half the decade had bigger floods than 1974. www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/fld_history/floodsum_1890.shtml

[@Jirangaaa]

Wujal Wujal my clan ❤

[@davocc2405]

The crocs are out there to stop drains being clogged up by kids who were told not to swim there

[@gabrieldery1003]

Que lindo❤

[@gabrieldery1003]

0:40 0:41

[@Praisethesunson]

Well the rain is helping keep the heat down, for now.

[@mjlewi4024]

That’s NOT a small little face.

[@lemonkawsar5379]

ok

[@hasgotech380]

Attracted by the word crocdile.

[@IIISentorIII]

Its to late now, just moments ago a giant meteor wiped put the entire town. But the Crocs are fine it seems.

[@andrewf1326]

What an utterly sensationalist example of journalism. Not ONCE was there any mention that this "rainfall" was generated from a cyclone. As an ex pat i would expect a better level of journalism from the BBC. So sick of non factual news. Get your facts together, and tell the TRUTH!!!

[@chriss7930]

Record rain my arse. How do you this this earth's landscape was formed and eroded to its present state ?

[@allandeverythingatonce]

This could be a movie

[@jem5597]

@3:56 that’s the street I live on. I’m just a few house down from the White House.

[@davidcamelot4908]

Hmmm brother lives there , went camping ?

[@James_Doyle83]

Gta 6 got real

[@louisveerapen4589]

The Bible have already predicted that!