Drama across the Cape as floods close roads
Road Closures
Social media users on Cape York road update pages are flooding the feed with dramatic images of floods impacting roads across the Cape as more wild weather hits the region and its roads today.
Earlier this week, on April 8, a post on the Cape York Road Reports 2.0 shared images of Schramm Creek inundated with water.
“Totally impassable and raining heavy around Bramwell station… Doubt anyone is getting through for a while,’’ the post by Dam On said.
Hope Hughes, on the To The Cape York and Back Information Page on Facebook also sent a warning to travellers hoping to make a trip to the Tip.
“I have seen a lot of people wanting to get a start on their Cape trip already this year,’’ she wrote.
“I would just like to remind everyone who is planning their travels to check the weather forecast and check again. Be prepared to cancel or alter any plans.
“There’s another monsoon deluge predicted for the next 10 days. If anyone knows wet season rain, it’s not just rain, it absolutely buckets down and will quickly fill creek crossings, flood and close roads, this is not necessarily going to be bad, just be prepared and watch. Safe travels.’’
Cook Shire Council’s latest Road Conditions Report, updated on Thursday, April 10, listed the following roads as closed:
Battlecamp Road; Lakefield Road - Southern end to Ranger Station and from Ranger Station north; Running Creek to Port Stewart Rd; Drumduff/Kooltah Rd; Palmverville/Maytown Rd; Old Coach Rd; Mt Webb/Wakooka Rd. Restrictions apply on a host of other roads.
The Bureau of Meteorology Peninsula Forecast for Cape York says: There is a large high over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge across much of Queensland, promoting dry and settled conditions across the interior of the state. The ridge will be maintained as the high moves eastwards, being supplemented by another high crossing southern Australia late this week. A trough over the far northern Coral Sea extends across Torres Strait to the Arafura Sea, combining with the ridge to enhance rainfall across the northern Cape York Peninsula until next week.
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