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An aerial view shows flooding caused by heavy rains and water gushing through the Barron River, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia December 18, 2023. ... Cairns recorded more than 300 millimeters ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albonese posted pictures showing the severe scale of flooding in Cairns, with the shuttered airport swamped with water and roads rivened, and said his government was working ...
More than 300 people were rescued overnight from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said on Monday. Cairns Airport was closed on Monday due ...
Location: Kuranda, Queensland, Australia: Coordinates: 1] [2]: Type: Steep Tiered Cascade: Total height: 125 metres (410 ft) [3]: Number of drops: 4: Longest drop: 107 metres (351 ft) [3]: Total width: 259 metres (850 ft) [3]: Average width: 137 metres (449 ft) [3]: Watercourse: Barron River: Average flow rate: 30 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s) [3]: Barron Falls (Aboriginal: Din Din ...
Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East Queensland: NSW, South East Queensland 3 (As of 25 March 2021) [27] [28] 9-10 June 2021 Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more.
Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Cairns in March 1954 was enthusiastically attended by an estimated 40,000 people, twice the official population, showing their loyalty to the British monarch. [86] Scenes of Cairns that featured extensively in the official film of the Queen's visit to Australia increased international awareness of the district. [87]
Queensland authorities said major flooding was underway in some suburbs of Cairns, a tourist hub of around 170,000 people located around 1,700 km (1,060 miles) north of state capital Brisbane.
Cairns (/ ˈ k ɛər n z / ⓘ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, [2] on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland.In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.