'Dodged a bullet': relief after Townsville narrowly escapes flood inundation

Many homes are seriously damaged after torrential rain but residents know it could have been much worse and that they were 'pretty lucky'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLike anyone who has grown up and spent their life in the wet tropics of far north Queensland, Sonia Pollock is used to a bit of precipitation."So we just thought it was rain at first," she says of the torrential downpour around her flat in south-west Townsville. Continue reading...