Dams filling, roads being cleared as town evacuates from floodwaters

Tuesday December 15, 2020

Residents in the northern NSW town of Murwillumbah are being evacuated as the rain starts to ease in southeast Queensland.

Wet weather has wreaked havoc along the coast, where higher than normal tides still have waterfront communities on alert today. Beaches have been eroded – waves are carving a channel through northern Bribie Island – with rough surf and foam replacing sand in some areas.

While the rain is easing in southeast Queensland, and the flooded Logan River is going down, the Bureau of Meteorology re-issued a hazardous surf warning for parts of the…

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