4 Feb 2019

Townsville, QLD declared disaster zone

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 4 February 2019

The army has been called out in the Northern Queensland city of Townsville to help evacuate thousands of people from flood hit areas. Local MP Nick Dametto joined Checkpoint, and described just how bad the situation is.

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