Floods waters, death toll rising in Queensland
Floods waters are threatening Brisbane as Queensland continues to suffer the impact from weeks of heavy tropical storms which have swept across the state.
There are already eight people confirmed dead, half of them children, and 72 still missing.
Eight thousand Brisbane properties are at risk of flooding, says the city council. Two riverside restaurants in Brisbane’s CBD have evacuated their businesses in preparation for rising flood waters.
Heavy rains and flash flooding savaged Toowoomba yesterday, with four people confirmed dead and dozens more missing.
State premier Anna Bligh said, “This is without doubt our darkest hour in the past fortnight.”
One eyewitness said people stood in stunned silence in Toowoomba city centre.
“It was kind of like everyone had just stopped … standing in the middle of the road looking around,” she said.
“There were cars upside down, washed away, roads caved in… just crazy scenes.”
Parts of the Sunshine Coast, one of Queensland’s main tourist regions, are also being threatened by rising river levels.
A flood warning for the area has been reissued and a number of roads have been closed.
Ian Jarrett
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