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SYDNEY, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Emergency warnings have been issued and residents urged to consider evacuating amid flooding in Australia's northeast.
Residents in the far north region of the state of Queensland were on Saturday advised to prepare for "dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding" following days of intense rainfall.
Parts of Townsville, the biggest city in the affected area, received 350 millimeters (mm) of rain in the 18 hours to Saturday morning, with authorities warning more is to come.
A severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Saturday said that towns along a 270-kilometer stretch of coast between Townsville and the town of Babinda further north may be affected by life-threatening flooding.
State Disaster Coordinator Deputy Commissioner Shane Chelepy said on Saturday that emergency services responded to more than 300 calls for help overnight, 223 of which were in Townsville.
He said that residents of the small town of South Johnstone just south of Babinda were being told to leave.
One evacuation center has been opened, with authorities looking to make more available. Enditem
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