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Floodwaters inundate Rockhampton

Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
Rising floodwaters spread through the low-lying suburb of Depot Hill in Rockhampton, eastern Queensland Photograph: MECHIELSEN LYNDON/AFP/Getty Images
Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
A snake crosses the Capricorn highway Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
Resident Mark Prosser makes his way through flooded North Rockhampton. Police have ordered residents to leave their homes as electricity is switched off in low-lying areas Photograph: Kelly Watt/EPA
Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
The airport runway at Rockhampton Photograph: MECHIELSEN LYNDON/AFP/Getty Images
Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
An emergency personnel boat in Rockhampton Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Australian Floods: Queensland Floods
Rockhampton, which has 75,000 people, will be supplied with food and medicine by military helicopters and by barge Photograph: KELLY WATT/EPA
Floods in Australia: A brown snake sits on the fence during flooding in Rockhampton, Queensland
A brown snake sits on the fence during flooding in Rockhampton Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features
Floods in Australia: Crops inundated by the rising floodwaters west of Rockhampton
Crops inundated by the rising floodwaters west of Rockhampton Photograph: Janie Barrett/EPA
Floods in Australia: Mining equipment and heavy trucks under water in Rockhampton
Mining equipment and heavy trucks under water in Rockhampton Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features
Floods in Australia: A rescue boat passes a Welcome to Rockhampton sign
A rescue boat passes a Welcome to Rockhampton sign on the flooded Bruce highway after the Fitzroy river broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
Floods in Australia: The Welcome to Rockhampton sign surrounded by floodwaters in Queensland
The Welcome to Rockhampton sign surrounded by floodwaters Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features
Australia floods: A huge swarm of meat ants takes refuge on a post
Meat ants swarm on a post just above the floodwaters in Rockhampton Photograph: Lyndon Mechielsen/Newspix/Rex Features
Australia floods: A vehicle drives down the flooded runway at Rockhampton Airport
A vehicle drives down the flooded runway at Rockhampton airport Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
Australia floods: Cattle trapped on a small raised pocket of land during flooding
Cattle crowd on to the highest spot they could find near Rockhampton Photograph: Lyndon Mechielsen/Newspix/Rex Features
Australia floods: Aerial view of flooded areas of Rockhampton
Aerial view of flooded areas of Rockhampton, including its main airport runway Photograph: Lyndon Mechielsen/Newspix/Rex Features
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