Crocodiles on the Streets as Australia Fights Flood

Australia is fighting devastating flood, which has so far inundated many homes, schools and airports so far. The military has been deployed in the northeastern part of Australia to tackle the flood that has forced the people to flee to the safer places and has bought crocodiles onto the streets.

The tropical north Australia experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season, but the recent downpour has exceeded beyond the normal limits and that has forced the authorities to open the floodgates on Sunday, unleashing what is dubbed as dangerous and high velocity flows.

Townsville is worst hit in the flood, where cars were mostly submerged and water is flowing over the waist of every normal human being. As the local Radio Journalist, Gabi Elgood describes, “We’ve never seen so much water in our lives. You think there can’t possibly be any more to come but the rain just doesn’t stop”.

The most fearful of all, for the desperate residents who are fighting flash flooding, landslides and power blackout is the reptile predators that have been spotted in the residential roads and passages. Several saltwater crocodiles were seen in the flood-ravaged Townsville area.

Emergency services are struggling hard to respond to the scale of the disaster, carrying out rescues. More than 1000 people have called the emergency services for help, State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has informed. The fear of crocodile is more than the rainfall in such a situation.

Nearly 500 residents of the Townsville city have sought shelter at Lavarak military barracks and Red Cross is also assisting with the relief and rescue efforts. “Small boats worked through the night to evacuate members of the community” Australian Army Commander Brigadier Scott Winter informed.

Seeing the devastating state of the flood, the region has been put on high alert. Palaszczuk has warned the people of the more difficult situation ahead. Schools and offices are closed, as more than a dozen rivers are flowing above the danger level.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the town of Ingham, which is located north of Townsville, has received more than 10 centimeters of rain in just a few hours on Monday. Winds are expected to flow at the speed of 100 kilometres per hour on the coast and if the rain continues more than 20,000 homes are at the risk of being inundated.

As per weather prediction, the rain is going to continue for more than 72 hours, which is going to break all records of rainfall in the country. So we can say that this part of the country has become a battling ground, where the struggle for survival continues as men, animals and reptiles are fighting to reach safer places of their own.