Over 300 rescued from northeast Australian floods

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 19, 2023 12:12 am

CAIRNS, Australia: Stranded residents sheltered on a hospital roof as flash floods swamped northeastern Australia on Monday, with raging waters severing roads and flushing crocodiles into towns.

Rescue teams evacuated more than 300 people overnight, police said, and military helicopters were dispatched to help inundated areas cut off by the floods.

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