Eight dead and hundreds rescued from rooftops as rainfall exceeds annual averages in just a few days
Northern rivers local John Vanderstok, who joined a flotilla of private boats rescuing residents trapped in flooded homes across the town today, said authorities had been overwhelmed by the scale of the rescue operation.
Heavy rain in Brisbane finally eased about midnight on Monday, removing some of the strain that had choked suburban floodways and dumped record volumes into dams. Locals in Lismore still talk about 1954, when the Wilsons River peaked at a height of 12.15 metres. On Monday, the same river peaked at 14.46 metres and is predicted to reach 16 metres on Monday night.The surrounding houses on Ashgrove Avenue, near the bridge over Enoggera Creek, all suffered significant damage. The water overturned a large garden shed in a neighbour’s yard.
“Anyone who has a boat is just out there trying to save anyone they can,” said northern rivers local John Vanderstok.Diana Eadie from the Bureau of Meteorology said those storms posed an additional risk. “That really intense rain is now shifting into north-eastand is easing for much of south-east Queensland,” she said. “That being said, the risk for significant flooding is still very real.
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