Yachts and motor boats shelter in an eddy from the fast-flowing flood waters inundating much of Rockhampton after the swollen Fitzroy River broke its banks. Up to 200,000 people are estimated to have been hit by the floods which have left entire towns under water and cut off many more over an area the size of France and Germany combined, wreaking untold billions in damage to crops and the nation’s key mining industry.

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The appropriately named ‘Swamp Store’ is flooded after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton. The widespread and disasterous floods will cost Queensland billions of dollars to clean up. Up to 20 people may have been died in the floods and more are missing.

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Rising flood waters inundate fertile farmland near Rockhampton after the swollen Fitzroy River broke its banks. Tens of thousands of people in Rockhampton braced for complete isolation as waters, which have affected an area bigger than France and Germany combined and closed the town’s airport and railway, and lapped at the last remaining road link.

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Gary Russell waits for his wife Robyn and dogs to be evacuated by emergency personnel from their flood affected home in Rockhampton after the swollen Fitzroy River broke its banks.

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The city of Rockhampton is completely surrounded by flood waters after the swollen Fitzroy River broke its banks. The flooding is due to an extended and large La Nina weather pattern that has brought record rains to the state, breaking many long-term droughts.

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Scott Wogandt and his son Mitchell kayak past flooded cars in Bundaberg. Floods triggered by tropical cyclone Tasha have left entire towns under water and cut off many more over an area the size of France and Germany combined.

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A venomous brown snake is carried by flood waters after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton. Up to 200,000 people are estimated to have been hit by the floods, which has killed up to 20 people and caused billions of dollars of damage.

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