Flooding Brisbane

2022 - 10 - 23

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'Get prepared': Brisbane Council issues emergency flood warning (Brisbane Times)

Council has warned residents in low-lying areas to “get ready” for creek rises and local flooding, with possible falls of 200mm forecast.

“Heavy rainfall is expected to increase during the evening and overnight period over the south-east coast, including Brisbane and the Gold Coast,” it said. “It is going to loiter with intent to produce lots and lots of rain and thunderstorms.” “That trough system that has moved very slowly across the state in the past few days does seem to have created a focal point of that low just to the north of the Sunshine Coast,” she said earlier in the day. Brisbane City Council has warned residents in low-lying areas to “get ready” for creek rises and local flooding on Sunday as a “loitering” low-pressure system brings “intense rain” to the city. The most recent warning from the bureau was for possible falls of up to 200 millimetres on Saturday night and Sunday morning. “We have issued an emergency alert through the national system to all Brisbane residents,” Schrinner said.

Warning Queensland floods 'just the start' of intense weather system ... (9News)

A weather emergency is unfolding across Queensland with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting 24-hour rain ...

On Saturday night Gympie experienced a repreive in the rainfall but a moderate flood warning is in place for the Mary River. For crews and locals in Gympie all eyes are on the Mary River, specifically on Kidd Bridge - when it floods, this is one of the first spots to go under. The current weather emergency is not welcome news for the The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting six-hourly totals between 100mm-150mm, and 24-hour rain totals of up to 300mm are possible. [Queensland](https://www.9news.com.au/queensland)residents have been warned the severe storm from Bundaberg down to the Gold Coast is just the start of an intense [weather](https://www.9news.com.au/weather-news)system forecast to last months. "This is the beginning of an intense heavy weather system," he said.

State to be smashed by 300mm downpour (NEWS.com.au)

Parts of South East Queensland can expect severe thunderstorms and dangerous flash flooding, with 300mm of rain expected to drench the region.

A low pressure system is forecast to develop near the northern New South Wales coast on Sunday and move south during Monday, bringing moderate to heavy rain to the northeast of the state, including the Northern Rivers and parts of the Mid North Coast. Severe weather is no longer occurring in the Wide Bay and Burnett district and the warning for this district is cancelled. The bureau has also issued a hazardous surf warning for Fraser Island Coast, Sunshine Coast Waters and Gold Coast Waters until midnight Sunday. In some parts of the southeast, rainfall of up to 300mm could drench the coast and ranges. The system is very likely to remain close to the far southern Queensland coast, and has some potential to move just onshore near the Gold Coast this afternoon and evening. In Queensland, multiple flood and weather warnings were issued for parts of the southeast coast, Darling Downs and the Granite Belt districts on Sunday.

South-east Queensland cops severe weather as low pressure system moves south (ABC News)

Ms Johnson said a severe weather warning remained in place for heavy rainfall and flash flooding between the Sunshine and Gold coasts. Locations that may be affected include Gold Coast, Brisbane and Ipswich. Ms Johnson said there were several flood ...

"We're at the moment watching what happens with next rainfalls today to see how this unfolds. "The bureau was predicting rainfall of up to 150mm across the Brisbane area, so far that hasn't occurred. At the moment that is mostly holding to the eastern side of the region, so Tamborine, Beechmont." On the Sunshine Coast, Bellthorpe had 131mm and Maleny recorded 114mm. "This is the beginning of an intense heavy weather system, not the end, it's the beginning," he said. "While a lot of our confidence lies that it will continue to stay offshore and move further south, it could move a little bit further to the west and that would mean that we could see more rainfall," she said.

Southern Queensland cops latest soaking (The West Australian)

A major flood warning is current for southeast Queensland's Macintyre River, which is expected to peak at up to 9.9 metres at Goondiwindi.