As ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters North Queensland, emergency crews have carried out dramatic rescues, including two adults and five children forced onto tables by rising floodwaters.

Tropical Cyclone Koji has formed and is threatening to barrel through a region already reeling from heavy flooding.

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