Good morning and good news – Tropical Cyclone Ita has passed through Mackay overnight and at 4am this morning was 185 kilometres northeast of Yeppoon and continuing her journey east south east at 34 km per hour. There is no further significant rainfall predicted for the coastal rivers from Cardwell to Proserpine but the following flood warnings are still current. • MAJOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAUGHTON RIVER • MAJOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HERBERT RIVER • MAJOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TULLY + MURRAY RIVERS • MINOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BALONNE RIVER • MINOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BOHLE RIVER • MINOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE DON RIVER • FINAL FLOOD WARNING FOR COASTAL RIVERS + ADJACENT INLAND STREAMS • BETWEEN PROSERPINE AND GLADSTONE • FINAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BARRON RIVER • FINAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THE DAINTREE RIVER • FINAL FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MULGRAVE + RUSSELL RIVERS • FINAL WARNING FOR COASTAL RIVERS AND ADJACENT INLAND STREAMS BETWEEN CARDWELL AND TOWNSVILLE Warnings and River Height Bulletins are available at bom.gov.au/qld/flood Here’s the link for all the info where you live on one site abc.net.au/news/emergency/state/qld/
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:08:05 +0000