The late Australian cardinal will be honoured with a funeral mass at St Peter’s in Rome later today
It has issued flood watch notifications for Charters Towers, Bowen, Townsville, Palm Island, Ingham, Innisfail, Ayr, Cardwell, Giru, Abergowrie, Clare and Lucinda. The bureau said:
A vast swathe of inland central and northern Queensland could also see moderate to major flooding with 17 catchments placed on flood watch. Police echoed the caution as the “extraordinary weather” set in over the next several days. In a statement they said:
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