Wahi a Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Mark Olsen aia i kēia manawa he 4,500 mau malihini kipa ma ia wahi e loaʻa ana he 400 mau lālā hui pilikia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia:
"Mai ka lā 5 o Dekemaba, ua nalowale ka ʻāina i kahi $ 60 miliona i ka hoʻopau ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i mua. Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi pule paʻakikī ma mua o ka loiloi ʻana i ka pōʻino a palapala i ko mākou ala i mua. "
I nā hola he 24 i hala iho nei, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 307 mm o ka ua ma ke kahua mokulele, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole e wehe hou ʻia a hiki i ka Pōʻalua ma ke kakahiaka nui ʻoiai e mau ana ka ua ma ka wānana. I kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ʻo ka ua a me nā waikahe ke kumu i ka haunaele o ka lele ʻana e like me ka manaʻo o ka poʻe huakaʻi e hele no nā lā hoʻomaha.
Aia ke kūlanakauhale ma lalo o ka wai a ua haumia nā lako inu wai, e kū nei ma ke ʻano he pilikia pilikia e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia. Ua pani ʻia nā alanui i Cairns ma muli o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻāina i mokupuni maoli.
Ke hoʻokumu ʻia nei nā pōkā ua e ka makani ʻino ʻo Jasper ma hope o ka waiho ʻana i nā pōkā ua o 600 mm i nā hola he 40 i hala me 300 mm e hiki mai ana i kēia lā.
Ua ʻōlelo aku nā luna mokulele: "E ʻoluʻolu, mai hele i ke kahua mokulele i kēia lā."
ka Paena pūnaewele ʻo Cairns Airport ua hoʻopuka ʻia e ʻimi ana e wehe hou i ka Pōʻalua, Dekemaba 19, me ka hoʻolaha kūhelu ma 8:00 am ʻapōpō.
Ma kahi o 14,000 mau kānaka e hele nei me ka ʻole o ka uila, a ua kauoha ʻia kahi kaiāulu o kahi kokoke i 300 e haʻalele i kēia lā i Cooktown ma kahi o 80 km ka mamao. Ke neʻe nei nā kamaʻāina M i nā hōkele i hana ʻia i mau kikowaena haʻalele.
Wahi a nā hōʻike mai Queensland Police, ua make kekahi kanaka (30) i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā laina uila hāʻule, a ʻo kahi kaikamahine ʻōpio (10) i ke kūlana koʻikoʻi ma hope o ka pā ʻana i ka uila.
Manaʻo ka Tropical North Queensland Tourism CEO i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi e pono i ke kōkua i mea e kūkulu hou ai a hoʻōla hou mai kēia kahe nui e hiki mai ana. ma Cairns.
