A man in his 60s has been found dead in a car submerged in floodwaters in southeast Queensland, taking the state's death toll for the disaster to 12.
Source:A man in his 60s has been found dead in a car submerged in floodwaters in southeast Queensland, taking the state's death toll for the disaster to 12.His body was found late on Sunday night in Wondai, in the South Burnett Region, the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service confirmed on Monday.
There is the chance of a thunderstorm, large and powerful surf as well as flooding that may reach levels similar to last week. The BOM has observed renewed rises on multiple rivers and warns that flooding may reach levels similar to the past week. "We are watching exceptionally closely a number of catchments that are going to come very close to, potentially, tops of levees ... around the Hawkesbury and Central Coast and places.
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