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Australian Residents Return Home After Flash Floods, Amid Warnings Of Another Storm

Hundreds of residents in the coastal city of Townsville are heading home after days of devastating flooding submerged entire neighborhoods. Police have reported two fatalities.
A baby's nursery furniture is strewn about in a flooded Rosslea home on Feb. 5.

After days of devastating flooding that has ravaged a swath of suburbs in northeast Australia, more than 1,000 people who had been forced to evacuate are returning home amid new warnings of strong winds and another potential deluge.

Torrential rains began beating the coastal Queensland region over a week ago, inundating Townsville and surrounding communities under nearly 4.

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