Supermarket shelves stripped bare in north Queensland as warnings about flash flooding remain, despite easing rain
ABCHeavy rain is expected to ease today but the days of flooding has left supermarkets running low on supplies in parts of Queensland's north. Key points: Freight companies and producers are struggling to access the state's north Landslides block roads and river systems remain impacted Some communities could be isolated for up to a week Senior meteorologist Harry Clark said a reprieve was in sight from Wednesday afternoon but warned flash flooding was still a danger for residents in central and north Queensland. "We do expect to see this trough system start to shift further north and further offshore and we'll finally see the heavy widespread rain ease back to showers along much of the north Queensland coast." "Our transport companies we use have to travel twice as far to get the product there and there is an associated cost with that," Mr George said.
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