‘Very Courageous’: Officer Hailed After Braving Croc-Infested Floodwaters

A police officer has been praised for entering crocodile-infested floodwaters to recover a drowned man.
‘Very Courageous’: Officer Hailed After Braving Croc-Infested Floodwaters
A Nile crocodile swims in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Warren Little/Getty Images
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Police have praised the courageous efforts of an officer who entered crocodile-infested waters after a man drowned in monsoonal floods.

Dozens of roads remain closed, and communities are isolated as floodwaters continue to rise in outback Queensland.