Rescuers have been left hanging on for their lives after being caught in fast-rising flood waters, as flood evacuees in sodden Townsville nervously wait to see just how far the water will rise.
As soldiers, police and SES workers patrolled the city overnight, two police officers evacuating people in Hermit Park were left clinging to trees for half an hour after their patrol car was washed away. Nearby, two more people were plucked from the roof of their car where they were stranded.
Meanwhile, crocodiles have been spotted in streets and the flood water is teeming with snakes.
