AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-1999
QLD: Rescue for man swept along sowllen McLead River
Emergency services are trying to rescue a young man who is clinging to a tree after being
swept down the swollen McLeod River at Mt Carbine early today.
Mareeba police say the man, aged about 20, was trying to wade across a causeway shortly
before 4am (AEST) when the floodwaters from ex-cyclone RONA swept him down the river and into
a tree.
The QES rescue helicopter had to wait till first light before trying to winch the man from
the river, north west of Cairns.
AAP RTV sd/cmm
KEYWORD: RONA MCLEOD (BRISBANE)
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