Australia: Crocodiles in the streets and thousands of evacuees following torrential rains

Torrential rainfall over the last 24 hours has left shocking images in northern Australia, with crocodiles appearing on the streets just meters away from vehicles and citizens circulating on roads in the town of Ingham, and with thousands of people being evacuated following torrential rains in northern Queensland:

The animal was captured by Ingham rangers, the town where the 2.5 meter long reptile appeared. The authorities explained that they received a call alerting them to the presence of the crocodile. Environmental officials arrived minutes later after seeing videos of the animal on social networks. The guards, explains CNN, used a harpoon to capture the crocodile and remove it from the stream, afterwards. authorities recommended that citizens exercise caution, as more reptiles could appear on the streets:

Australia, still on alert due to torrential rains

The culprit behind these images was Tropical Cyclone Jasper. The meteorological phenomenon caused several planes to end up flooded at Cairns airport. All because of torrential rains that, according to meteorological data collected by BBC, shows that there was more than 600 milliliters of rainfall in the last 24 hours, and that it does not seem that it will end soon, because, the British media warns, it is expected that throughout the day, there may be as much as another 500 milliliters of rainfall.

This figure is a record since, as Europa Press recalls, such an amount of rainfall has not been seen since the 1970s. The situation reached such a level that emergency services were unable to evacuate several citizens who were trapped in Cairns. This was the case of nine people, one of them a minor, who ended up asking for help from the roof of a hospital. This was reported by the Premier of Queensland, Steven Miles: