Australian floods: residents facing plague of deadly snakes as waters rise - Telegraph

Australian floods: residents facing plague of deadly snakes as waters rise - Telegraph: "Extra snakebite antivenom, including brown snake antivenom, has been airlifted into the city of Rockhampton, one of the worst-hit parts of the state.
Health officials have warned residents to be on the look out for dangerous snakes, spiders and even crocodiles that have been forced out of their natural habitats and onto higher ground by the natural disaster.

Barry Moessinger, who lives in a low-lying part of Rockhampton, said he had spotted about 15 snakes each day over the past week.

'There's heaps of them,' he told the Australian newspaper.
'We had a plague of mice, a lot of frogs, so we knew the snakes would come.'"