655188 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.miragenews.com/tc-jasper-hardship-aid-expanded-to-more-far-1145557/Personal Hardship Assistance has been extended to disaster impacted communities in five additional Far North Queensland Local Government Areas. The entire LGAs of Cairns, Mareeba, Tablelands and Cassowary Coast, and select localities in Cook Shire will now also be eligible for assistance.2023-12-17T12:02+0100miragenews-c80ac17fd9f1e6c0272000f5bb33882620231217120200https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/12/17/queensland-life-threatening-flash-floodsWild weather and life-threatening flooding in far north Queensland is not expected to ease for days as a 10-year-old girl fights for life after being struck by lightning in the state’s south-east. Ex-tropical Cyclone Jasper is lashing the north of the state, with areas between Daintree and Ingham receiving more than 500mm of rain.2023-12-17T11:45+0100thenewdaily-au-fa724c3fcc630d774b736dbb866fc71920231217114500https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/far-north-queensland-flooding-tropical-cyclone-jasper/103238820Stay up to date with the latest emergency warnings. ABC Emergency will broadcast regular warnings on ABC Radio. You can find more information, including a map of all the warnings, by Atherton: 720 AM; Ayton: 103.9 FM * Babinda: 95.7 FM; Cairns: 801 AM and 106.7 FM; Cairns North: 95.5 FM; Cooktown: 105.2023-12-17T11:38+0100abc-au-1744aee8aef6bc4a3732157a6b7c793120231217113800https://todayheadline.co/cairns-airport-underwater-as-two-men-trapped-in-flash-flooding-after-cyclone-jasper-batters-queensland/Ex-tropical Cyclone Jasper is lashing the north of the state, with areas between Daintree to Ingham receiving more than 450mm of rain. The Bureau of Meteorology said more than 20 rain gauges in the region had recorded more than a metre of rainfall, with the water levels expected to break 1977 records.2023-12-17T11:20+0100todayheadline-b20a5c4eacedc5295e7c4db706ce46d320231217112000