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With the sun now out in Townsville, the clean-up continues in the devastated city as the floodwaters continue to recede and electricity is gradually restored to thousands of homes. 

Residents are hosing out homes caked in mud, moving damaged goods onto front lawns for collection, assessing the damage of what remains, and looking to what the future holds.

“To me it seems that Townsville has hit rock bottom with this, but we will rise again,” said Angie, whose home was inundated with floodwaters. “Our grateful thanks to The Salvation Army and all the other agencies, local people, and the government who have pulled together to help us all come through this.”

Major Garry Johnson, a Salvation Army Red Shield Defence Services Representative, has been helping Defence Force staff, as well as dealing with his own evacuation and the flooding of his home. Read more HERE.

Major Johnson and his wife, Jo, have been cleaning out their home and sorting through the piles of ruined furniture, household items, and personal belongings (pictured right), most of which will be taken away in the first few days of this week.