Flooding qld which areas

The heavy rain continues to fall in South East Australia, with flooding affecting parts of southern Queensland over the last few days. This follows severe flooding in parts of New…. The Insurance Council of Australia ICA has declared a catastrophe for property losses caused by storms and flooding along the east coast since 05 February ICA said insurers have…. Update, 28 January Emergency services in Queensland rescued a man stranded in floodwaters near Townsville in the north of the state.

Localised flooding and a rock slide was reported…. The widespread rain band is expected to cause flash flooding and riverine flooding across much of the state as heavy rainfall descends.

It comes after Ergon Energy reported homes had been badly damaged by extreme weather in and around Roma in central Queensland, where winds of nearly kph hit on Wednesday.

BOM senior forecaster Laura Boekel urged residents in central-western and southern Queensland in particular to be on "high alert" and warned there would be no reprieve in the wild weather over the coming days. Ms Boekel said while it was hard to predict where floodwaters would be dangerously high, border towns like Goondiwindi had been told to expect the worst.

South-west regional manager Bob Bundy said crews responded to one job in Roma where the roof had been blown off. She said most of the state was set to experience some cooler conditions over the weekend and into next week.

She said a cool, dry air mass would then move towards the east of the state over the weekend. In the south-east, emergency crews are on stand-by as the wet weather descends on the region. A flood-boat crew has been deployed to Texas, where moderate flood levels were expected today. Residents in the south-west Queensland town of Inglewood have been placed on alert, with concerns about potential record flooding in the region. The weather bureau said rain overnight in southern Queensland had come close to breaking some records.

Ergon Energy spokesman Brett Judge said 4, properties were without power at the height of the storm yesterday afternoon. Long time tourism operators Genevieve and John Martin said days of rain had already hammered their region, north of Rockhampton. Brisbane in path of severe storms crossing Queensland. Please try again later. Brisbane Times.

Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for most of southern Queensland. Falls of more than mm in a six-hour period were expected in some locations late on Monday and early on Tuesday. Possible 6-hr rain totals: mm in the west, mm in the east. Significant risk to already flooded areas in SEQ expected.

By Tuesday morning, the severe conditions is expected to have extended to the east coast.