Floods unleash plague of crocodiles

FLOODS that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking today.

Australian residents fled their homes and sandbagged properties yesterday as Rockhampton was threatened by a worsening flood disaster which unleashed a plague of snakes and crocodiles.

Tens of thousands of people in Rockhampton braced for complete isolation as waters which have inundated an area bigger than France and Germany, and closed the town’s airport and railway, lapped at the last remaining road link.