{"id":347619,"date":"2026-01-12T16:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=347619"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:53:38","slug":"airports-rail-lines-and-roads-closed-after-ex-tropical-cyclone-koji-makes-landfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=347619","title":{"rendered":"Airports, rail lines and roads closed after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji makes landfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airports, rail lines and roads remain closed after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji made landfall between Ayr and Bowen, bringing heavy rain and sustained winds to the Far North Queensland region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest update from the Bureau of Meteorology stated that the tropical low has sustained winds of 55km\/h with wind gusts to 95km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A warning is in place for heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding between Ayr and St Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents between Ayr and Mackay, including Bowen, Proserpine and the Whitsunday Islands, should refer to the severe weather warning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last 12 hours, the highest rainfall total was recorded in the ranges west of Mackay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mattie O\u2019Neil Bridge at Cattle Creek got 370mm, with widespread falls ranging between 250mm and 350mm in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Airports, rail lines and roads remain closed after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji made landfall between Ayr and Bowen. Picture: Hayden Hut \/ Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n

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Deluge continues to worsen for Far North Queensland. Picture: Hayden Hut \/ Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday morning, a mother and two children were rescued after their car was trapped in floodwaters at Bogie, west of Bowen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disaster and emergency management deputy commissioner Chris Stream said the woman walked to a nearby homestead to seek assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a person who came upon a road closed area, entered details into Google Maps and then Google Maps took them down a side road, which was unfortunately flooded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airports, rail lines and roads remain closed after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji made landfall just south of Townsville in Far North Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":347622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,167,47],"tags":[19227,7465],"class_list":["post-347619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-queensland-rail","category-rail-news","tag-cyclone-koji","tag-queensland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t