North Queensland weather event – January/February
Disaster recovery
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Your local council disaster dashboards
Stay up to date with what's happening in your local area.
Visit your local council dashboard for information about:
- evacuation centre openings and locations
- river heights
- road conditions and closures
- power and phone outages
- helpful contacts
Search by your local council's name.
Community recovery and housing support
School updates
Find the latest Queensland school closures information.
Housing assistance
- Housing assistance.
- Public housing tenants can submit non-urgent maintenance requests through the Tenant Assist Qld app .
Community recovery support
Health and wellbeing support
For life threatening emergency services call Triple Zero (000).
- For non-urgent medical health advice, call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84).
- If you need crisis mental health support, call Lifeline Australia anytime 13 11 14.
- For non-crisis mental health support, call Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36.
Business disaster support
Travel
Plan your trip before you head out.
- QLDTraffic for all traffic alerts, road closures and condition updates for major roads in Queensland.
- Public transport services.
Power outages and electrical safety
Don't touch fallen power lines. Keep safe in severe weather.
Queensland State Emergency Service (SES)
For life threatening emergency services call Triple Zero (000).
Call Queensland State Emergency Service (SES) 132 500 for non-life-threatening flood and storm emergency assistance.
Demand is extremely high during a severe weather event, you can request assistance online or download the app.
- Lodge a request online.
- Download the SES Assistance QLD App for Apple and Android devices.