Brisbane residents claim they have been left high and dry in the aftermath of the weekend's freak flash flooding.
Brisbane residents claim they have been left high and dry in the aftermath of flash flooding at the weekend.
A large clean-up is facing community members such as the Saha family, who has lived in their West End home for 12 years.READ MORE:Brisbane residents are assessing the damage in the aftermath of freak flash flooding over the weekend. "This is the highest the waters ever got into our house, it was almost up to my knees," Upama Saha said.
The flash flooding also left behind a bigger clean-up job than ever before for the family and their neighbours.However residents said unlike other flood events, Brisbane City Council hasn't automatically offered kerbside pick-up.The flash flooding left behind a big clean-up job for the community. However a spokesperson said council had no kerbside collection requests through its official channels from residents.
"Our officers are constantly cleaning up the streets of Brisbane and were in West End this week," a spokesperson told 9News."We've got utes, we've got trailers, we've got a bunch of volunteers ready to go," Chandler-Mather said.Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone.
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