Footage emerging from far north Queensland shows flooded homes, bridges and roads – and an animal being rescued from the Barron River, north of Cairns. One resident, Bazz Goes, documents his walk across the Barron Bridge in Karunda and notes that the water is at the level of the bridge, usually high above the river. ‘The police and SES [state emergency service] is here, and people are actually doing a cow rescue,’ says Goes. Authorities warned residents on Sunday afternoon to expect continued heavy rainfall for at least another day in what they called a ‘life-threatening event’.
