Staying Alive Through Cyclone Jasper Floods - Bill & Michelle

• Photographer
  Brian Cassey
• Technical Info
  Nikon D6 28-300mm 500th @ F8
• Photo Date
  14/01/24

Bill Dunn (73) comforts wife Michelle (58) in the ruins of their Degarra home on the banks of the Bloomfield River in North Queensland. In the aftermath of Cyclone Jasper in December 23 over two metres of rain turned the river into a raging torrent destroying their the entire community and their home of 38 years. As the waters rose they swam out of their kitchen window and lashed themselves to a tree. When the waters rose too high they feared the worst and let go but were swept to a higher tree which they climbed and spent ten hours before being miraculously rescued by their son in a tin boat.

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