The death toll from Queensland's floods has risen to eight, with up to three people still missing after one year's worth of rain fell on parts of the southeast.
An aerial shot shows flooding in Gympie, 170.7 kilometres north of Brisbane, in Queensland. Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Queenslanders impacted by widespread flooding in the state's southeast can be assured the recovery has already begun.Eight people have died and up to three people are missing in Queensland's "fast and furious" floods, which have damaged thousands of homes and businesses, after one year's worth of rain fell on parts of the southeast.
There is major flooding on the Brisbane, Bremer, Lockyer, Logan and Albert, Mary, North Pine, Noosa and Maroochy rivers after a year's worth of rainfall in some areas in one or two days. The Brisbane River is falling after peaking at 3.85 metres on Monday morning, below the 2011 flood peak of 4.46m, but is set to rise again to 3.7m at 9am on Tuesday.
Trains, buses and ferries have been suspended across much of the southeast and major highways including the M1 have been cut by floodwaters, however the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane has reopened on Monday.Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Diana Eden said many areas had recorded more than 70cm of rain in the past week with Mount Glorious topping out at 1.5m.
"We didn't know that was going to happen. This is Mother Nature. I can't control Mother Nature, the people of this state can't control Mother Nature, and sometimes they throw stuff at us and we got to deal with it," she said.
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