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Nov 30, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Janessa Ekert
WhitsundayDon't miss out on the headlines from Whitsunday. Followed categories will be added to My News. Slow moving severe storms have developed over the coastal parts of Queensland, prompting forecasters to issue a severe thunderstorm warning. This comes as motorists travelling on the Bruce Highway are being urged drive with caution after Yalboroo was lashed with rain causing water to impact the northbound lane of the roadway.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Janessa Ekert
WhitsundayDon't miss out on the headlines from Whitsunday. Followed categories will be added to My News. Slow moving severe storms have developed over the coastal parts of Queensland, prompting forecasters to issue a severe thunderstorm warning. This comes as motorists travelling on the Bruce Highway are being urged drive with caution after Yalboroo was lashed with rain causing water to impact the northbound lane of the roadway.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Janessa Ekert
Two Mackay families now have 400,000 reasons to smile after taking home separate Gold Lotto draw wins. A Mackay mum, who was one of the winners, said she had been playing the winning numbers “for a long time”. “They’re family birthdates,” she said. “When I checked my ticket … I screamed. My daughter has been telling me to breathe. “This is going to help pay the bills and mortgage.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Janessa Ekert
Fire crews have evacuated a woman from a burning property on River St and Wellington St in Mackay this afternoon. The fire broke out in a single storey dwelling on Wellington St just before 6pm. Multiple fire crews, battled the blaze with flames visible through huge plumes of smoke. At 6.35pm, a Queensland Fire Department spokesman said five crews were working on putting the fire out and one person was in hands of the paramedics.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Janessa Ekert
MackayDon't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. Former serviceman Bryan Lansdowne proudly wears his uncle’s medals on the right side of his chest every year on Anzac Day. Ernest Eric Lansdowne had been a medical attendant when he was called for a tour at Papua New Guinea.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
thechronicle.com.au | Janessa Ekert |Zoe Devenport |Fergus Gregg
Looking for the Anzac Day ceremony gallery? You can find that here. Former serviceman Bryan Lansdowne proudly wears his uncle’s medals on the right side of his chest every year on Anzac Day. Ernest Eric Lansdowne had been a medical attendant when he was called for a tour at Papua New Guinea. “They were flying the DC3 through the tops of the jungle, they’d get back to landing with bit of palm tree leaves stuck in the undercarriage … they were flying that low,” Mr Lansdowne said.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Janessa Ekert
A major highway linking the Bowen Basin is shut after an incident where a digger has become stuck under a bridge on a mine site. The incident occurred at BMA’s Caval Ridge mine sire, near Moranbah about 5.20pm Saturday. Emergency services were called following reports an excavator had became stuck under a bridge, which forms part of the Peak Downs Highway – which is a major thoroughfare throughout the Bowen Basin and is heavily trafficked.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
goldcoastbulletin.com.au | Janessa Ekert |Cameron Bates
Towns cut off ‘every two weeks’ by rainBig win delivered for road safetyMore than three quarters of Queenslanders want real-time weather, flood and pothole warnings on the Bruce Highway, according to exclusive polling which also reveals one in three people have been held up by floodwaters on the notorious stretch.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Estelle Sanchez |Heidi Petith |Janessa Ekert
Kirrily has been upgraded to a Category 3 system as it moved towards the coast with Whitsunday communities warned to brace for potential wild weather. An emergency alert has been issued for Bowen and surrounding areas as Whitsunday Disaster Management Group warned the region will be effected by Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily with very destructive winds like from Thursday night. Residents are advised to stay off the road and take shelter now.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
couriermail.com.au | Janessa Ekert
Mackay and Whitsunday communities are being warning about dangerous storm tide conditions as Tropical Cyclone Kirrily crosses the coast, now expected on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology has warned residents in low-lying areas near the shoreline to take measures to protect their property as much as possible and be prepared to follow instructions regarding evacuation.
