Australia's Queensland state suffers its worst flooding ever

More than 300 people were rescued from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said on Monday.

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00:00 The floodwaters in northeast Australia even partially submerged the planes at Cairns Airport.

00:06 In just hours, an unprecedented two meters of rainwater hit Queensland, when it would normally take a year for that much to fall.

00:14 Hundreds of people have had to be rescued, dozens of them clinging to their roofs as they've waited for help,

00:20 but so far, luckily, no deaths or injuries.

00:23 Roads and railway lines have been cut, communities isolated, and 14,000 homes and businesses were still without power on Monday.

00:32 (whooshing)