Crocodile danger as floodwaters rise

People in an Australian city cut off by some of the country’s worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water amid fears of snakes and even crocodiles at large.

Large parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton were under water today, with levels still rising and the 75,000-strong population bracing for the floods’ expected peak in the next 24 hours as a huge inland sea spawned by heavy rain across Queensland state drains toward the ocean.