Hundreds of people have been evacuated in northeastern Australia after extreme floods cut off towns and forced residents to flee to rooftops to escape rising waters.
Officials said on Monday that more than 300 people were rescued in the state of Queensland overnight, with military helicopters deployed to assist areas cut off by the floods.
Local officials said the town had received about 600 millimeters of rain over 40 hours through early Monday morning, more than three times the December average with all flights into and out of Cairns Airport, where plans have been partially submerged by floodwaters, were cancelled or postponed on Monday.
According to authorities more than 14,000 properties across the region are without power,
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