Floods devastate Queensland with 48,000 cattle lost | 7.30

Floods devastate Queensland with 48,000 cattle lost | 7.30
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji tore through the north of Queensland on Sunday, sinking boats and ripping others from their moorings.

The system dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain and sent a wave of water to the Mackay and Isaac region.

The low is now expected to drift further northwest, drenching communities and cattle stations that are already flooded after a huge downpour between Christmas and the New Year.

Some graziers have lost everything, telling 7.30 flood gauges were out of action at critical times.

Their warning to policymakers: when gauges fail, livestock, livelihoods and human lives are put at risk.

Reporter Laura Lavelle has this story.

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