Please note, although your property may not have been directly affected by this flood event, the event has been included in your suburb listing because according to the Bureau of Meteorology river gauge data, a catchment near your suburb recorded a high mark. This event may have affected your suburb.

The Townsville cyclone resulted in serious flooding in eastern Carpentaria on 6th and 7th, when the upper reaches of the Gilbert, Mitchell and Burdekin rivers rose rapidly to record levels. The Etheridge River at Georgetown rose 6 metres in 4 hours and the Burdekin River at Sellheim rose 11 metres overnight on 6th. Traffic dislocation was general and bridges were washed away. Large proportions of the population were evacuated from Georgetown and Gilberton , and 4 lives were lost. Flooding also occurred in the Herbert River , and the lower Burdekin River where the Inkerman rail bridge was submerged from 8th to 14th.