General
South-East Queensland cleans up following major rain and flash-flooding amid high tides
South-east Queenslanders are cleaning up after heavy rainfall, damaging winds and abnormally high tides hit the region this week, with some areas on the Gold Coast hinterland receiving nearly a metre of rain.
Key points:
- The low-pressure system has now eased, with the highest tide recorded on the Gold Coast
- A Brisbane woman is today cleaning up after a 30-metre tree fell on her home
- On Bribie Island, a family spent the morning saving hundreds of turtle eggs from being washed away
The low-pressure system has now eased, with the highest tide recorded on the Gold Coast at 2.12 metres at 7:30am yesterday morning, despite the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issuing a severe weather warning for abnormally high tides down the coast this morning.
BOM…
-
Noosa News23 hours agoWoman fighting for life after horror three-car crash in Logan
-
Noosa News23 hours agoNationwide shortage of outside school hours care leaves parents in work limbo
-
Noosa News22 hours agoSix people hospitalised after three-car pile-up south of Brisbane
-
General8 hours agoGlenn Maxwell’s catch lights up T20 as Tim David’s half-century helps Australia defeat South Africa in Darwin