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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…
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