I’m A Celebrity’s jungle site has been hit by “climate change” floods.
It is a new blow for ITV bosses desperately trying to get the show up and running in Australia again.
The town of Murwillumbah in New South Wales, where the show is filmed, has suffered terrible storms.
The flooding has been so bad that families have had to evacuate their homes.
Environmental campaigner Emma Hannigan – who lives in the area – said: “This is climate change.
“This is happening here, it’s happening now, and what more is it going to take for our government to take action this decade?”
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And of the famous jungle camp, she added: “There has been minor flooding but there is more damage on the way.”
Bosses at ITV are trying its best to get the show back in Australia this year.
Earlier this week, executive content boss Rosemary Newell said she “expected” the show to be back in its original location.
For the past two years, it has been staged at Gwrych Castle in Wales due to Covid travel restrictions.
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But TV viewers started to desert the new-look show hosted by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly last year.
They moaned the UK edition lacked the danger of the Aussie jungle, saying the Bushtucker Trials were “tame” and looked like Noel’s House Party.
A source added: “The floods won’t help but the site’s been hit by storms before and survived.
“Hopefully, once they get the once they get the full green light to go back to Australia, the camp will be back to its former glory.”
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It comes after host Ant, 46, fuelled hope that the gruelling ITV reality series would be able to return to Down Under when the next instalment airs later this year.
Speaking on The One Show last month, he said: “Well, the plan is the jungle, so if all things…,” to which his co-host Dec, also 46, chimed in: ‘Nothing against Wales!’
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Ant then added: ‘We love Wales but you know, Australia is its home and we’d like to get back there if we can.”
Dec said: “That’s what we’re hoping, touch wood.”
Emmerdale actor Danny Miller was crowned king of the castle in December, after beating the likes of Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge and Coronation Street actor Simon Gregson.
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