ALERT

Critical

Flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam – UPDATED 9:30am 26/2
AFFECTED – Wivenhoe

LAST UPDATED – 26/02/2022 – 09:57

Somerset Dam: Flood releases commence due to significant rainfall
AFFECTED – Somerset & 1 others

LAST UPDATED – 25/02/2022 – 14:20

Seqwater Flood Centre has mobilised, flood releases from North Pine Dam to commence at 1pm
AFFECTED – North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)

LAST UPDATED – 23/02/2022 – 12:56

Dam Full supply volume (ML) Current volume (ML) % full Latest observation Comment
Atkinson
View historical dam levels 30, 401 ML 23, 580 ML 77.6% 10:20am 26/02/2022
Baroon Pocket
View historical dam levels 61, 000 ML 70, 293 ML 115.2% 10:00am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Bill Gunn (Lake Dyer)
View historical dam levels 6, 947 ML 6, 176 ML 88.9% 10:16am 26/02/2022
Borumba
View historical dam levels 46, 000 ML 65, 310 ML 142.0% 9:55am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Cedar Pocket
View historical dam levels 735 ML 884 ML 120.3% 10:14am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Clarendon
View historical dam levels 24, 276 ML 5, 604 ML 23.1% 10:07am 26/02/2022
Cooloolabin
View historical dam levels 8, 183 ML 10, 336 ML 126.3% 9:16am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Enoggera
View historical dam levels 4, 262 ML 8, 617 ML 202.2% 10:03am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Ewen Maddock
View historical dam levels 16, 587 ML 23, 188 ML 139.8% 10:18am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Gold Creek
View historical dam levels 801 ML 1, 512 ML 188.8% 10:19am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Hinze
View historical dam levels 310, 730 ML 341, 416 ML 109.9% 9:30am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Lake Macdonald (Six Mile Creek)
View historical dam levels 8, 018 ML 12, 534 ML 156.3% 10:00am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Lake Manchester
View historical dam levels 26, 217 ML 31, 639 ML 120.7% 10:09am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Leslie Harrison
View historical dam levels 13, 206 ML 19, 487 ML 147.6% 10:07am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Little Nerang
View historical dam levels 6, 705 ML 6, 899 ML 102.9% 9:50am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Maroon
View historical dam levels 44, 319 ML 44, 343 ML 100.1% 10:00am 26/02/2022 Releases occurring
Moogerah
View historical dam levels 83, 765 ML 78, 317 ML 93.5% 10:19am 26/02/2022
Nindooinbah
View historical dam levels 208 ML 229 ML 110.1% 10:07am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)
View historical dam levels 214, 302 ML 162, 060 ML 75.6% 10:20am 26/02/2022 Releases occurring
Poona
View historical dam levels 655 ML 678 ML 103.5% 10:00am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Sideling Creek (Lake Kurwongbah)
View historical dam levels 14, 192 ML 17, 968 ML 126.6% 10:02am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Somerset
View historical dam levels 379, 849 ML 417, 942 ML 110.0% 10:17am 26/02/2022 Utilising flood storage compartment
Wappa
View historical dam levels 4, 694 ML 5, 640 ML 120.2% 9:53am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Wivenhoe
View historical dam levels 1, 165, 240 ML 1, 167, 390 ML 100.2% 10:17am 26/02/2022 Utilising flood storage compartment
Wyaralong
View historical dam levels 102, 883 ML 107, 814 ML 104.8% 10:20am 26/02/2022 Dam is spilling
Note: Full supply capacity does not include the entire flood storage compartments of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams.

Dam Total Flood Storage Volume Percentage of Flood Storage Volume in use Percentage of Flood Storage Volume available
Somerset 705, 000 ML 16.3% 83.7%
Wivenhoe 2, 080, 000 ML 5.6% 94.4%

This is quite a shift in water levels in the Wivenhoe as I have checked in on the levels during the recent couple of deluges of rain to hit SEQ but the Wivenhoe on the northern side remained to sit around 60 – 64% but has jumped up to 94.4% very sharply.

Spocky & I drove to the Hinze dam this morning, we normally go to the eastern boat ramp but it’s closed, I guess because of high water there. The main dam overflow is really dumping huge amount of water as well. I’d guess that the layer of water going over the top of the spillway would have to be nearly two metres thick.

Spiny Norman said:

Spocky & I drove to the Hinze dam this morning, we normally go to the eastern boat ramp but it’s closed, I guess because of high water there. The main dam overflow is really dumping huge amount of water as well. I’d guess that the layer of water going over the top of the spillway would have to be nearly two metres thick.

Hey spiny :)

FLOOD RELEASES FROM WIVENHOE DAM – UPDATED 9:30AM 26/2 CRITICAL SEVERITY

Affected Locations:

Wivenhoe
Last Updated: Saturday, February 26, 2022 – 09:57

WIVENHOE DAM:

Seqwater advises flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam began at 10pm on Friday 25 February 2022, at a low rate and then ceased shortly after at 11pm due to downstream flooding.

This was not a result of releases from Wivenhoe Dam. There is still more than 90% of the Wivenhoe flood storage compartment available.

SOMERSET DAM:

Flood releases from Somerset Dam into Wivenhoe Dam began at approximately 1.30pm today, and will continue over the coming days.

NORTH PINE DAM:

Flood releases began at 1pm on Wednesday 23 February, and will continue over the weekend.

Releases, combined with river and creek flows downstream of the dam, have now flooded Youngs Crossing Road which is now closed.

If you are downstream of the dam, stay away from fast flowing or deep water near waterways and floodplains.

UN-GATED DAMS:

Eighteen un-gated dams continue to spill as a result of recent rainfall in the dam catchments across South East Queensland:

Cooloolabin Dam
Nindooinbah Dam
Poona Dam
Baroon Pocket Dam
Borumba Dam
Cedar Pocket Dam
Ewen Maddock Dam
Enoggera Dam
Gold Creek Dam
Hinze Dam
Lake Macdonald Dam
Lake Manchester Dam
Leslie Harrison Dam
Little Nerang Dam
Maroon Dam
Sideling Creek Dam
Wappa Dam
Wyaralong Dam.

Un-gated dams are designed to spill during periods of heavy rain to ensure the protection and safety of the dam. Read more about how gated and un-gated dams work here.

Avoid potential hazards downstream of dams such as fast flowing or deep water near waterways and floodplains.

For more detailed information on releases, see Dam Release Updates

River level information is available from the Bureau of Meteorology website.

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Huge concrete pier breaks loose on Brisbane River amid wild weather
Savannah Meacham 1 hour ago

A huge piece of a concrete pier is currently floating along the Brisbane River, sparking warnings for boaters.

Queensland Police said a large piece of a concrete pier estimated to be about 40 metres long has broken away as the region is inundated with heavy rain.

It is currently floating eastbound along the Brisbane River towards the Gateway Bridge

A 40-metre piece of a concrete pier is floating down Brisbane River.© 9News A 40-metre piece of a concrete pier is floating down Brisbane River.
It was first spotted at Hamilton.

“Please secure your boats, there are concerns of a collision,” Queensland Police said in a statement.

Boat owners have been urged to secure their vessels as the concrete floats down the river amongst other debris from the rising floodwaters.

Death toll from wild Queensland weather rises

READ MORE: Two killed, two missing as fears grow floods could match horror of 2011

https://twitter.com/QldPolice/status/1497359353904459777

It comes as authorities are concerned the severe weather event currently battering the state will be worse than the 2011 floods, when dozens of people died.

Floodwaters are expected to continue rising this weekend as heavy rainfall continues.

The flood death toll has reached four, as two people sadly lost their lives in floodwaters overnight.

Rain records have been broken, including in Brisbane City where 206mm was recorded in the 21 hours to 6am this morning.

“Usually in Brisbane we see an average of 150mm so essentially we’ve seen a month’s worth of rainfall in one day,” meteorologist David Grant said.

monkey skipper said:

ALERT

Critical

Flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam – UPDATED 9:30am 26/2
AFFECTED – Wivenhoe

LAST UPDATED – 26/02/2022 – 09:57

Somerset Dam: Flood releases commence due to significant rainfall
AFFECTED – Somerset & 1 others

LAST UPDATED – 25/02/2022 – 14:20

Seqwater Flood Centre has mobilised, flood releases from North Pine Dam to commence at 1pm
AFFECTED – North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)

LAST UPDATED – 23/02/2022 – 12:56

Do you have a website for this?

mollwollfumble said:

monkey skipper said:

ALERT

Critical

Flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam – UPDATED 9:30am 26/2
AFFECTED – Wivenhoe

LAST UPDATED – 26/02/2022 – 09:57

Somerset Dam: Flood releases commence due to significant rainfall
AFFECTED – Somerset & 1 others

LAST UPDATED – 25/02/2022 – 14:20

Seqwater Flood Centre has mobilised, flood releases from North Pine Dam to commence at 1pm
AFFECTED – North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)

LAST UPDATED – 23/02/2022 – 12:56

Do you have a website for this?

https://www.seqwater.com.au/

mollwollfumble said:

monkey skipper said:

ALERT

Critical

Flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam – UPDATED 9:30am 26/2
AFFECTED – Wivenhoe

LAST UPDATED – 26/02/2022 – 09:57

Somerset Dam: Flood releases commence due to significant rainfall
AFFECTED – Somerset & 1 others

LAST UPDATED – 25/02/2022 – 14:20

Seqwater Flood Centre has mobilised, flood releases from North Pine Dam to commence at 1pm
AFFECTED – North Pine (Lake Samsonvale)

LAST UPDATED – 23/02/2022 – 12:56

Do you have a website for this?

BoM

12m ago 15:19

Residents in Gympie are being asked to evacuate, with the Premier saying that will impact about 700 people.

David, whose last name wasn’t given, from the Bureau of Meteorology is up now.

He says we are seeing a defining event for much of South-East.

As of this afternoon at 2pm we start to see the heaviest rainfall existing across Brisbaneextending into parts of Ipswich and other City Council areas. With heavy falls are occurring during the course of today we’ve seen the falls around Caboolture and early this morning around the Sunshine Coast and towards Noosa. There is a potential for dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding and on top of that … localised landslides cannot be discounted during the remainder of this event. It must beemphasised that it is too early to call flood peaks on some rivers due to the fact that it is still continuing to rain across much of our catchments across the area.

He says even if residents don’t live near a flood warning they still need to be watching the alerts, as the situation can change quickly.

Finally, damaging wind gust. The low-pressure system that is lingering in the south-east will intensify overnight and bring a potential renewed burst of rainfall but without localised damaging wind gusts that could occur about the coastline and also the hinterland areas.

He says many of the rivers could continue to flood until Sunday.

We have to emphasise that we could see the potential for significant and dangerous flash flooding over the course of the next 24 hours in all these wet catchments.

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

sibeen said:

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

11m ago 04:34

Stranded residents in the Illinbah and Flying Fox valleys have taken inspiration from their name, building a flying fox across the floodwaters to get essential supplies from Canungra.

The only road into the valley was washed away two days ago according to The Canungra Times and there are a number of people stranded.

A Council spokesperson spoke to the local paper, saying a temporary track will be built as soon as conditions permit – but it could take up to three days.

A video shared to the paper showed the flying fox with a bag “full of essentials probably beer and alcohol,” the woman filming said as trapped locals waved at the camera.

“No one is getting across any time soon.”

sibeen said:

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

My daughter, being a proper bush-raised kid is happy that her tanks are full.

Tamb said:

sibeen said:

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

My daughter, being a proper bush-raised kid is happy that her tanks are full.

Of beer?

Dark Orange said:

Tamb said:

sibeen said:

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

My daughter, being a proper bush-raised kid is happy that her tanks are full.

Of beer?

Her fifo husband takes care of that.

sibeen said:

Brother is stuck on a property at Dagun. He’s been rescuing cattle for the last few days. The beer is going to run out by tomorrow. The closest pub is at Kandanga, but there is no possible way to get there. This is dire.

Dear oh dear.

3m ago 17:14
People in low-lying areas near the Lockyer River urged to evacuate “as a matter of urgency”

Flood sirens have been sounded in Grantham, west of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon, urging residents in low-lying areas near the Lockyer River to get to higher ground, AAP has reported.

“The community are advised this is not a test and should respond accordingly,” the Lockyer Valley Council said in a statement.

“Residents should move to higher ground and relocate to family and friends as a matter of urgency.”

sarahs mum said:

3m ago 17:14
People in low-lying areas near the Lockyer River urged to evacuate “as a matter of urgency”

Flood sirens have been sounded in Grantham, west of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon, urging residents in low-lying areas near the Lockyer River to get to higher ground, AAP has reported.

“The community are advised this is not a test and should respond accordingly,” the Lockyer Valley Council said in a statement.

“Residents should move to higher ground and relocate to family and friends as a matter of urgency.”

I’ve said it every time there is a flood. Why do the shire councils allow development in low lying flood prone areas?
Why do they never attempt to stop the problem from occurring by not putting it there in the first place?

Police have recovered the body of a 37-year-old Goomboorian man who went missing in flood waters overnight.

An extensive search was conducted and the man was located in flood waters in Goomboorian, near Gympie, this afternoon around 3.20pm by Police Dive Squad Officers.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-26/queensland-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100862460

> https://www.seqwater.com.au/
> BoM

Thanks.

“Utilising flood storage compartment” on Somerset and Wivenhoe.

That looks interesting. Way back I remember some unusual work done for flood usage in SE Qld. I wonder if this is the same. SE Qld used to be the most progressive and best part of Australia for flood protection. NE NSW used to be the worst.

This document ties in https://cabinet.qld.gov.au/documents/2014/Mar/Wivenhoe%20and%20somerset/Attachments/wsdos-discussion-paper.pdf

Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams Optimisation Study from 2014.

For Wivenhoe Dam, the design is that it is said to be 100% full when the level is only 37% of total capacity. The remaining 63% of total capacity is for flood mitigation only. “A key finding in the WSDOS Report is that lowering the water supply below its current 37% share is too great a risk to our long term water supply security.”

Somerset is at 130.0% full, Wivenhoe is at 119.6% full. Because of the flood mitigation strategy, Wivenhoe is still safe at close to 200% full.

“The basic aim of flood mitigation is that floodwater comes out of the dam at a slower rate
than the floodwater comes into the dam.”

“If the floodwater levels in the flood storage compartment of Wivenhoe Dam continue to rise, the dam operators move through three different strategies. These strategies represent different ways of managing the floodwater and lake level according to the risks involved. The three strategies are:

• rural flood mitigation strategy to reduce rural inconvenience by aiming to keep open the low level river crossings. This is the first strategy used in any flood.
• urban flood mitigation strategy aims to protect houses and buildings from floodwaters. This second strategy is only used if a larger flood develops.
• dam safety prioritises protecting people by protecting the dam structure from very rare and extreme floods. This last strategy is used only if a very large flood develops because houses and buildings will be damaged by the floodwaters

Looking at the image below, this is a startlingly good way of protecting Brisbane City from floods. This flood mitigation strategy needs to be applied more often elsewhere around Australia, to stop major flooding of other towns and cities.

Brisbane’s rapidly rising Wivenhoe Dam releases water amid south-east Queensland rain deluge
22 hrs ago

Queensland floods: SES worker killed as death toll rises to five and part of…

Seqwater has urged people to stay away from fast-flowing or deep water downstream.

South-east Queensland’s rapidly filling Wivenhoe Dam began releasing floodwaters on Friday night as downpours continue across the catchment region.

The massive rain band that has drenched the region in recent days has seen the dam’s water level jump.

Wivenhoe has risen to 100.2 per cent of capacity, with rain still falling and more inflows expected.

At the start of the week the dam was at 56 per cent of capacity.

Wivenhoe Dam released water at a low rate at 10pm yesterday before it was stopped at 11pm due to downstream flooding.

The flooding was not as a result of releases from Wivenhoe Dam.

Moderate flooding is likely along the Brisbane River downstream of Wivenhoe Dam.

In Ipswich, west of Brisbane, widespread moderate to major flooding is occurring along the Bremer River and Warrill Creek.

Seqwater has urged people to stay away from fast-flowing or deep water downstream.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has a major flood warning in place for the Upper Brisbane River.

“Significant river level rises are occurring in parts of the upper Brisbane River in response to continued heavy rainfall,” the BOM said in its warning on Saturday morning.

“Additional areas of heavy rainfall are forecast for Saturday, which may lead to further river level rises across the upper Brisbane River catchment.”

Wivenhoe Dam was built in the 1980s to provide flood protection to south-east Queensland after the devastating 1974 floods.

In 2011, releases from the dam contributed to extensive flooding in Brisbane and Ipswich.

Brisbane’s other two major water storage sites, Somerset Dam and North Pine Dam, are also releasing water to cope with the significant rain event.

Somerset Dam began releasing water on Wednesday night.

The suburbs of Joyner, Lawton and Petrie are likely to be affected around rivers and creeks.

Water is also being released from Enoggera Dam in Brisbane, which is at 197 per cent — meaning it is at the limit of its flood mitigation capacity.

Flood alerts remain current for a number of communities in the Gympie, North Burnett and Darling Downs regions.

The Defence Force is stepping in to help.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton tweeted that two helicopters from Amberley air base will assist with evacuations from flood-affected areas.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services commissioner Greg Leach described the weather event as one of the most severe the south-east has seen in a decade.

“This is an incredibly serious and potentially a life-threatening situation that’s unfolding and it’s escalating quickly in terms of flash flooding and rapidly rising catchments,” he said.

David Grant from the BOM said conditions were expected to last into Saturday afternoon.

“With many catchments saturated, there is a high risk of dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding,” he said.

“We are expecting this event to continue into at least Saturday morning, with conditions to last potentially into the afternoon to the evening, with hopefully it to clear by Sunday.”

Scenic Rim residents, tourists stranded as causeway washes away amid wild weather, flooding

Residents are stranded after the Flying Fox causeway washed away.

Wild weather is wreaking havoc on the Scenic Rim, cutting off roads and leaving hundreds stranded.

A causeway at Flying Fox Road-Upper Coomera Road in Forest Glen has been washed away, and local landslips and downed trees have been a concern for the regional council.

The causeway was being used as the only point of entry while a new bridge is being built.

Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen told ABC Gold Coast up to 200 people could be stranded.

“ and will be for some days — we’re trying to understand what the urgency of needs is so we can plan to try to help them,” he said.

Trish Wilson, owner of Country Mile Escape at Little Flying Fox Road, is one of those people.

Her small accommodation business relies on the causeway being open for visitors.

“ came down so quickly and so fast that it has just washed away the causeway,” she said.

“We’ve got a couple staying here and unfortunately they aren’t able to get out.

“It is a concern for the guests who also have jobs and businesses to get back to normal life.”

Mr Christensen is urging people not to leave their homes unless it is urgent.

“We’ve seen some localised landslips because of this rain, we’ve seen some trees down in a few places,” he said.

Casey Cainan from Lone Star Animal Behaviour, who lives 2 kilometres past the causeway, says it is not unusual for residents in the area to be cut off for several days.

“It’s not really that uncommon, everyone that’s been here for a while expects it from time to time,” he said.

“This one may be a little bit more concerning, it’s not just that the crossing is flooded, it’s that the crossing is completely gone.

“They’re estimating that’s a 20-hour job and they can’t start until the river goes down a little bit.”

‘Blow’ to business
Ms Wilson said the deluge was impacting on business.

“I’ve had to cancel multiple bookings for the weekend and into next week with not knowing what is going to happen,” she said.

“It is a bit of a blow considering our weekends are our most popular time and COVID hasn’t been kind throughout the last few years.”

She said she was waiting to hear when roads would reopen, but expects they would be stuck for a few days.

“Every little thing — being a small business — always is a little bit of a concern,” she said.

“We’re just waiting on the Scenic Rim Council to advise us on what their plan is, and I’d say they can’t do anything until this rain cell disappears.”

Logan River flood warning, beaches closed

A major flood warning for the Logan River and a minor flood warning for the Albert River have been put in place by the Bureau of Meteorology.

At midday, the Logan River at Beaudesert was at 5.07 metres and rising, with more rain expected over Friday night.

Emergency services and the Bureau are issuing regular updates for residents, but are warning people not to cross floodwaters.

Beaches on the Gold Coast have also been closed due to unstable conditions close to shore.

Lifeguards say strong currents and rips are making the water dangerous for swimmers, and are urging people to stay out of the water.

Hundreds of council sandbags have been handed out to residents in low-lying areas, and sandbagging stations in Bilinga, Pimpama and Burleigh Heads will be open until 6pm.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip

128 km Brisbane (Mt Stapylton) Radar Loop

Dangerous” flooding on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast is predicted to get worse in the next 24-36 hours, with flood levels expected to reach record highs.

Key points:

Flooding across the Sunshine Coast and Noosa council areas is the worst in 30 years and may still reach higher peaks
The Bureau of Meteorology says it is a dangerous situation with more rain to come
The hinterland town of Pomona has received 500mm of rain in the past 24 hours
Residents have been warned to stay home as intense rainfall continues to lash south-east Queensland.

The entire region from Noosa to Caloundra, and across the hinterland, has experienced major flooding and meteorologists predict further river rises could see peaks as high — or higher — than the last major flood event 30 years ago in 1992.

The Sunshine Coast has faced deluge after deluge for four days, as a stubborn weather system lingered over towns and communities west of Noosa, flooding homes, washing away livestock and leaving residents stranded.

STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE QUEENSLAND FLOOD HERE
Pomona, in the Noosa hinterland, received a massive 1,300 millimetres of rain in the past week, 500mm of that in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday.

Houses in Cooran have been cut off by floodwater during this historic weather event.

Flooding and landslips have closed roads, communities have been isolated, homes and businesses have been inundated, and some have been without power for more than 24 hours.

Huge amounts of stormwater have interfered with the sewerage network, causing toilets and pipes to gurgle, and some pipes to overflow.

Flooding has destroyed the Eumundi Range Road just north of the Noosa Hinterland town.

Authorities are searching for a person reported missing at Yandina.

Emergency services have responded to almost 200 calls for help in the past 24 hours, mostly for help with flooding and leaking roofs.

There has been major flooding at Palmview, Cooran, Dagun Pocket and Woodford, and is predicted at Tewantin, Yandina Creek, Maroochydore and Coochin Creek late on Saturday.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said flood risks at Tewantin, Picnic Point and Dunethin Rock were a concern, and were being monitored closely.

She has urged residents in those areas to listen closely to weather and flood warnings into Saturday evening.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Harry Clarke said it was a “particularly dangerous situation”, with a lot more rain to come across the weekend.

A couple walk down the middle of a flooded street

A street in Maroochydore flooded over.

“It’s only going to get worse, unfortunately,” he said.

“Many people may remember the flooding in 1992. This has the potential to have that sort of level of impact.

“Since then we’ve seen a lot of development throughout the Sunshine Coast so there is the potential for much more damage with this water.”

Flood increasing like a wave

Buderim resident Karen Bishop said the water came “like a wave” through her house, entering the back and flowing out the front doors.

“I was having lunch and even though it looked close behind the house, I didn’t feel the threat, until I had my daughter-in-law come out to say the water was flooding across the road and it was torrential,” she said.

“It rose up from the back and it looked higher than the front and it was smashing down on the driveway.”

She said it took eight-and-a-half hours to clean up the mess.

“It was unbelievable, it was rapid-like all the way up the road,” she said.

She said friends had helped her lay dozens of sandbags to help prevent another inundation.

“Seen lots of floods. This is probably teetering on one of the best,” he said.

A bowls club at Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast became a shallow wading pool after torrential rain.

“We’re getting a few sandbags in case the rains come again, which it looks like it will if you look at the radar.”

‘If it’s flooded, forget it’
Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson has urged people to stay home, and to stay off the roads.

“We have already seen the severity of what this weather can do, so please, if it’s flooded, forget it,” he said.

Overflowing creek runs over a bridge
Petrie Creek at Nambour spills onto the roadway.(ABC News: Jessica Lamb)
“Don’t forget to check on your neighbours and remember pets need to be safe during severe weather events as well.”

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Seven dead, flood conditions remain severe

LIVE – Updated at 21:49

A vehicle is submerged in flood water in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley on Saturday. Queensland is experiencing severe flooding after torrential rains.© Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images A vehicle is submerged in flood water in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley on Saturday. Queensland is experiencing severe flooding after torrential rains

21:31 Flooding in large parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales is expected to become more severe today as downpours continue unabated.

Six people have died in Queensland flood waters in the past few days with one death in NSW. The most recent death occurred in the Brisbane suburb of Indooroopilly overnight.

About 2.30am, a 34-year-old man from Moorooka became stuck in flood waters while driving. Queensland police said the man freed himself from his vehicle and attempted to swim to safety but his body was discovered a short time later.

The Brisbane City Council says its modelling suggests several thousand properties are at risk this morning.

The immediate concern is a high tide – expected about 7.30am at the mouth of the Brisbane River – that was expected to put properties at risk. Many of the local catchments are already spilling on to roadways and into properties.

Adding to concern are necessary water releases from Wivenhoe Dam, which has gone above 120% capacity. The first release was expected at 4am – though it can take up to 24 hours for the additional water to reach suburban parts of the catchment.

The forecast remains for heavy rain to continue.

Gympie – Mary River graph. It now exceeds the 1999 flood. I don’t know yet whether it is the highest flood ever, though. Currently (8:01 am) it at 22.81 metres and falling. The bakery here is closed, presumably because it has run out of supplies, as we have been isolated by flood waters for more than three days. Perhaps we’ll have to eat cake…

One of the updates I posted said it is at least 24 hours of flooding due to the wivenhoe dam release on a high tide and still the rain is falling.

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Hanrahan was going right off at mass this morning.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Hanrahan was going right off at mass this morning.

I’ll bet.

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

Yep that would do it.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I’m fairly certain that Antarctica has the title.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I think that title actually goes to Antarctica.

sibeen said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I’m fairly certain that Antarctica has the title.

Oops: world’s driest inhabited continent.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I think that title actually goes to Antarctica.

Slow, mv, slow :)

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I think that title actually goes to Antarctica.

Slow, mv, slow :)

1minute, nine seconds.

Bite me.

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

I think that title actually goes to Antarctica.

Slow, mv, slow :)

1minute, nine seconds.

Bite me.

Now now! :D

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

I think that title actually goes to Antarctica.

Slow, mv, slow :)

1minute, nine seconds.

Bite me.

Bit of pedantry here. Antarctica has the lowest rainfall but is covered in frozen water so not the driest.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Gympie, 6am today – very, very wet.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/queensland-severe-weather-rain-flooding-bom-warnings/100864896

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

That’s a fair drop.

Tamb said:

sibeen said:

Tamb said:

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

I’m fairly certain that Antarctica has the title.

Oops: world’s driest inhabited continent.

People live on Antarctica too.

Some figures for Toowoomba (mm):

February 2022 Total 329.2 14 day(s)
February 1997-2022 Average Total 102.5 10.5 day(s)
February 1997-2022 Wettest Total 265.2 2001
February 1997-2022 Wettest 24hr Total 166.4 9th 1999
February 1997-2022 Driest Total 12.0 2014

Jan-Feb 2022 Total 428.2 30 day(s)
Jan-Feb 1997-2022 Average Total 193.4 21.4 day(s)

We had 116mm for each of the 24 hour periods up to 9 am Fri and Sat, and 64 mm up to 9am this morning.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

sibeen said:

I’m fairly certain that Antarctica has the title.

Oops: world’s driest inhabited continent.

People live on Antarctica too.

It has no native/permanent residents.

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

sibeen said:

I’m fairly certain that Antarctica has the title.

Oops: world’s driest inhabited continent.

People live on Antarctica too.

Scientific groups, not inhabitants. A bit like the Moon.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Oops: world’s driest inhabited continent.

People live on Antarctica too.

It has no native/permanent residents.

Other than penguins and seals. No.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Wet alright.

How many mms moolies or meters in Gympie so far?

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

Only bits of us. Some of us are still quite dry.

captain_spalding said:

Some figures for Toowoomba (mm):

February 2022 Total 329.2 14 day(s)
February 1997-2022 Average Total 102.5 10.5 day(s)
February 1997-2022 Wettest Total 265.2 2001
February 1997-2022 Wettest 24hr Total 166.4 9th 1999
February 1997-2022 Driest Total 12.0 2014

Jan-Feb 2022 Total 428.2 30 day(s)
Jan-Feb 1997-2022 Average Total 193.4 21.4 day(s)

We had 116mm for each of the 24 hour periods up to 9 am Fri and Sat, and 64 mm up to 9am this morning.

Was the weather station moved in 1997? I’m sure there must be records prior to that, Toowoomba is older than that.

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

About 150 mm total. But nearby widespread falls of 800+ mm in two days flowing into the river system will do it, I’d reckon.

If we’re not careful we’ll lose the title of the world’s driest continent.

Only bits of us. Some of us are still quite dry.

but are we droll

Gympie under evacuation order amid severe flooding

1 hour ago

‘We didn’t really expect it’: Brisbane residents caught…

An evacuation order is in place for the area of Gympie in Queensland’s south-east, which has been deemed a disaster declaration area as life-threatening floods continue battering parts of the state.

Evacuation centres reached capacity overnight and the Gympie Council is looking for other ways to help shelter affected people.

A number of residents from the south side of Gympie have been evacuated and brought to the north side.

Queensland viewers can watch live rolling coverage of the flood crisis on Channel 9 or via 9Now.

Severe floodwaters are continuing to hit the Queensland town of Gympie, with evacuation centres already reaching capacity. © 9NewsSevere floodwaters are continuing to hit the Queensland town of Gympie, with evacuation centres already reaching capacity.
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“We have around 550 people in the Gympie evacuation centre and a total of 1040 across the state,” Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.

“We haven’t really experienced this much rain in such a short period of time before.

“It is literally a rain bomb sitting over the entire SEQ (south-east Queensland).”

“If it’s flooded, forget it.

“There is a lot of rain out there.

“Our creeks and rivers are saturated, and they are all pouring into our major river system.”

The Gympie Council is looking for more ways to house evacuees as homes are submerged in floodwaters. © 9NewsThe Gympie Council is looking for more ways to house evacuees as homes are submerged in floodwaters.
Power shortages and a lack of diesel are plaguing Gympie.

“This rain event, as I said, is moving south. So we have to all listen to what’s going to be happening over the next 24 hours,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

It comes as the current level of the south-east Queensland water grid reaches 98 per cent capacity, which is an increase of around 10 per cent in the last 24 hours.

Brisbane on flood alert

Residents in Brisbane are being warned to be on alert as floodwaters are set continue impacting the area.

“We expect there, there may be 1413 homes that will be impacted above the floorboards at this stage,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

Impacted residents may also be eligible to receive a $900 relief payment for families of five or more.

“The focus now remains on Brisbane and the Gold Coast,” The Bureau of Meteorology said.

“We are seeing a lot of widespread rainfall some really high rainfall totals and some really intense rainfall.

“And it’s that intense rainfall that can lead to flash flooding, especially considering that our rivers and catchments are incredibly saturated.”

All Brisbane residents and residents as far as in Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay are also being urged to conserve drinking water until issues with the Mt Crosby Water Treatment facility can be fixed after debris flowed in.

Man dies after car swept away

Another man has died in floodwaters west of Brisbane this morning, bringing the state’s flood death toll to six.

Queensland police say that at around 2.30am the 34-year-old Moorooka man managed to free himself from his car, which had become submerged in floodwaters on Witton Road in Indooroopilly.

He tried swimming to safety, but nearby residents contacted emergency services when they saw he didn’t surface from the water.

Authorities then located the body of the man a short time later.

A report is being prepared for the Coroner.

Noosa under major flood warning

Noosa, on Queensland’s southern Sunshine Coast, is under a major flood warning.

The Noosa River has breached its banks causing severe flooding in the area.

“It’s sad, very sad. Businesses are closed and there’ll be damage,” a Noosa resident told 9News.

Travel in and out of Noosa and the Sunshine Coast is difficult as the Bruce Highway, which connects the area to Brisbane, is flooded.

Parts of the highway have crumbled away from the impact of the deluge.

Flood warnings are in place for northern NSW as severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are predicted in the coming hours.

Between 200mm to 300mm is forecast for the region.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says there are at least 11 flood warnings in place across the state.

“We have one evacuation warning in the Clarence River … and in addition to that, a wind evacuation order,” Mr Perrottet said.

“My strong message today for people in those areas is to follow the instructions.

“We know that whilst we might have blue skies in certain parts of New South Wales, that does not mean that there will not be significant flooding events that occur over the course of this week.

“So please, please do not be complacent.”

The biggest demand areas are the Central Coast and northern NSW.

“Locally intense rainfall leading to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding is possible with thunderstorms from Sunday afternoon,” the Bureau of Meteorology said.

“Heavy rainfall increases the potential for landslides and debris across roads.”

Evacuation orders are in place for the Tweed communities.

NSW State Emergency Services (SES) are concerned the region could see water levels rise to those seen in 2017 during devastating flooding.
https://twitter.com/SammyPoate/status/1497704910212972545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
More severe rainfall forecast

Dangerous and life-threatening floods are forecast to continue for much of South-east Queensland, which has been inundated with severe floodwaters since Wednesday.

The Bureau of Meteorology says intense rainfall and thunderstorms will still be inundating the region.
https://twitter.com/BOM_Qld/status/1497713979841519620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
But is hoping to “see some relief earlier tomorrow”.

“The relief will come in the early hours of Monday morning. But we can expect to see this rainfall event continue today and well into tonight as well.”

Severe thunderstorm warnings are in place for areas such as Gympie, Kin Kin, Tin Can Bay, Redcliffe and Moreton Bay.

Multiple emergency alerts are also in place in Logan, Ipswich, Cooby Creek, Beachmere, and Noosa.

The Cooby Damn in Cooby Creek has started to spill with properties in the area set to be hit with floodwaters.

Roads near the Sunshine Coast town of Bli Bli in Queensland are flooded. © GettyRoads near the Sunshine Coast town of Bli Bli in Queensland are flooded.
In Ipswich, residents in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate and not enter floodwaters as life-threatening flooding is set to hit more parts of the area.

We didn’t really expect it’: Brisbane residents caught off-guard by fast-rising floods 57 mins ago

The flood water settled into Granville Street with little warning on Saturday evening. By the next morning, John Huth was soaked up to his waist as he retrieved storage boxes from under his Wilston house, in Brisbane’s inner north, the water still creeping up towards the floorboards.

“This place didn’t flood in 2011,” says John’s wife, Gwen. “When we moved here we looked and we knew this house wasn’t affected. The backyard is now completely underwater.”

In the street behind John and Gwen, the State Emergency Service had a rescue boat driving along what used to be Noble Street, going house to house to check that residents had been able to evacuate.

Long-term locals in surrounding streets remember historic floods going back to the 1950s. Everywhere in Brisbane, each flood event is talked about relative to the last. Newmarket and Wilston residents point out where the water came during the short but intense storm brought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017; during the 2011 Brisbane floods; during 1974 after three weeks of steady rain.

Related: Australia live news updates: search continues for missing man in Brisbane River; flood warnings for NSW; at least 25 Covid deaths

The biggest problem in 2022 is the relentless rain that has impacted local waterways and caused frequent flash flooding. On Sunday it continued to sheet down, as it has for several days, with more than 1,400 homes estimated to be impacted “above the floorboards” so far.

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned the rain is not likely to subside until Monday morning.

Many of the areas experiencing worse localised flooding than previous years are along Breakfast Creek, which becomes Enoggera Creek and runs from the Enoggera Reservoir to the Brisbane River.

The reservoir, about 10km from Brisbane’s central business district, is not gated and spills when it exceeds capacity. On Sunday it was 230% full, or about 5.5m litres more than what the spillway can otherwise hold.

Low-lying suburbs south of the Brisbane River, including Graceville and Yeronga, are also losing homes to the rising water.

In some places, the water has built steadily over days; in others the inundation occurred too quickly for people to evacuate or move cars. Dozens of vehicles have been swallowed by the tide.

Sarah, a renter in Cramond Street at Wilston, lives in a traditional Queensland workers’ cottage that has been raised and built-in underneath. The two lower bedrooms are now under about half a metre of water.

“We’ve been here for two years,” she said. “We didn’t really expect it. We’ve managed to move most of the valuable stuff upstairs, and we’re OK up here.”

Andrew, a Wilston resident, says he sandbagged his home on Saturday night but was considering adding a second row of bags after the flood water surged to the verge of his neighbour’s front yard.

“We’ve been here since the start of Covid,” he said. “The lady who lives two doors up was talking to us about the 2011 flood and even the floods back in the 1950s and said it didn’t come up to here. We’re hopeful we stay dry, but we’ll wait and see.”

Related: South-east Queensland floods: what has happened and which areas could be hit next?

The Brisbane lord mayor, Adrian Schrinner, told reporters on Sunday the flood was a “unique event”.

“This is different ,” he said. “ the rain stopped while the river continued to rise. We have a rain bomb over south-east Queensland at the moment.

“We have creek flooding, river flooding and overland flow happening all at once. As the rain continues, we have at least 24 hours of danger.”

Six people have died since the rain began; the latest was a man who became stuck while attempting to drive through flood water at Indooroopilly. Witnesses told police the man had freed himself from his vehicle and attempted to swim to safety, before encountering trouble.

Police are still searching for a man in his 70s who fell overboard from his vessel near the mouth of Breakfast Creek on Saturday afternoon.

Looks like this flood will be worse than the last once-in-a-century flood of eleven years ago.
Tomorrow looks like it’ll be the peak, though I’m not sure what’s happening with the various dams dumping water.

Yike, I hadn’t realised that it would be so bad.

At least the Mary River at Gympie is falling now.

mollwollfumble said:

Yike, I hadn’t realised that it would be so bad.

At least the Mary River at Gympie is falling now.

This is the time I give myself a pat on the back for not buying a property at the edge of the flood zone back in 1985.

My sister used to have a place in Gympie which I’m sure would be underwater by now.

I used to catch the ferry at St Lucia. This would mean that the Uni of Qld is partly underwater.

This was the Uni Qld during the 2011 floods.

More than 600 schools closed across Queensland
It’s a huge increase on the number of school closures announced earlier this afternoon.

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What for ¿ How many children have died from these floods ¿¿ Their mental health will suffer if we shut the schools ¡¡¡

“We never expected this rain,” she said on Sunday afternoon.

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imagine if there were a way to monitor and model atmospheric phenomena with a view to prediction

imagine, furthermore, if it were such an idea that there could be government bureaus set up for the purpose

mollwollfumble said:

k’noath

South-east Queensland weather chaos to continue amid evacuations, rising floodwaters
53 mins ago

South-east Queenslanders face a chaotic start to the week with floods expected to worsen, more than 1,000 roads cut off, trains shut down, schools and many businesses closed, and hundreds of residents sheltering in evacuation centres.

The “rain bomb” responsible for the weekend’s record-breaking inundation, which has killed six people, is predicted to move slowly south today and lash both sides of the New South Wales-Queensland border.

The wild weather has already left widespread damage and flooding in its wake and will continue to affect thousands of residents for days.

As at 2.15am this morning the Wivenhoe Dam was sitting at more than 185 per cent capacity and more than 100mm has been recorded in parts of the Gold Coast.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said no-one had expected “this rain bomb to be sitting over the south-east of the state for such a long period of time”.

“Let me be very clear about this — this is like an unpredictable cyclone and it is levels that we have never expected or could never have been forecast,’‘ she said.

“Everybody is doing a whole lot of extra planning on top of what has already been planned.”

The state government said nearly 1,000 schools will be closed today and urged Queenslanders to work from home.

Almost 1,000 people were sheltering in evacuation centres late yesterday, with more expected to join them, especially in the Maryborough region.

Brisbane River hits ‘major’ flood levels

State Disaster Coordinator Steve Gollschewski declared Gympie and Brisbane disaster zones, saying conditions in the capital were extremely dangerous.

He said Brisbane faced flash flooding, multiple road closures, landslides, its rail network was down, and rivers and creeks were flooded.

The Brisbane River is expected to rise to up to 4 metres at high tide about 8:30am.

Authorities have already described it as a “major flood”, though below the city’s 2011 peak of 4.46m.

More than 1,400 Brisbane households are believed to have been flooded already.

Mr Gollschewski said people needed to be very aware of the high tides.

“There are two every day, so we are planning around those tides,’‘ he said.

Threat to remain for days

Mr Gollschewski also said Maryborough, about 220km north of Brisbane, would be monitored closely overnight.

Rising floodwaters in the small town are expected to force residents to leave their homes today.

The Logan and Beaudesert regions were also likely to be under threat as the rain system drifts south.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is predicting the river will pass the 2017 level of 20.5 metres this morning at the Maclean Bridge gauge, making it the largest flood recorded since 1974 when it reached 21.22 metres.

In Ipswich, Goodna was the worst affected area with some residents in low-lying parts of Booval and Bundamba told to prepare to evacuate.

Across the state’s south-east, more than 36,000 households have lost power.

Although the weather system is expected to move south today, showers and storms could persist for days.

Senior BOM forecaster Jackson Browne said yesterday the focus of the rainfall will shift to northern NSW today.

“Most of the weather by should be around the border area,’‘ he said.

“It won’t stop raining in Brisbane. There are still going be a couple of days of showers and storms, but nothing like the intense rain that had been happening.”

Disaster payments for Gympie, North Burnett

In Brisbane yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Emergency Management Minister Bridget McKenzie said some affected residents in the Gympie and North Burnett regions would receive disaster-relief payments.

The financial aid is likely to be expanded soon to other badly impacted areas.

Senator McKenzie said the disaster payments would include $1,000 per person and $400 per child.

Applications will open at 1pm today.

Senator McKenzie said disaster victims could also claim an extra hardship grant of $180 per person, up to $900 per family.

> The Brisbane River is expected to rise to up to 4 metres at high tide about 8:30am. Authorities have already described it as a “major flood”, though below the city’s 2011 peak of 4.46m.

Mary River at Gympie continues to fall.
Brisbane River at Uni Qld St Lucia continues to rise.

Austin Curtin
2 hrs ·
Sorry to be showing this friends but it will give you perspective. River is extremely fast flowing. It’s very difficult to get to south and north lismore from the east. Our boat tore its hull on a submerged hand rail at the bridge. We had to get off the water. Anywhere near the river is flowing quicker then it looks here. Get around each other everyon

https://www.facebook.com/571805121/videos/495084458718827

Have to look up Lismore and NE NSW flooding next.

This is an old cartoon, but it’s worth highlighting a couple of things we need to be protesting about right now.

The following flood maps are from 2017. Lismore and Murwillumbah

mollwollfumble said:

Have to look up Lismore and NE NSW flooding next.

This is an old cartoon, but it’s worth highlighting a couple of things we need to be protesting about right now.

The following flood maps are from 2017. Lismore and Murwillumbah

Do you have access to a Lismore map of 16 metres? That’s the current prediction. It has been over 12 m since early this morning.

is woodie and steve ok?

monkey skipper said:

is woodie and steve ok?

So far they seem okay. Woodie appears to have a fair bit of flooding around his place, but he’s on a hill so is otherwise fine.

monkey skipper said:

is woodie and steve ok?

Woodie’s fine, but flooded in and can’t get to work. He hasn’t mentioned Steve, so I presume Steve’s OK.

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

Have to look up Lismore and NE NSW flooding next.

This is an old cartoon, but it’s worth highlighting a couple of things we need to be protesting about right now.

The following flood maps are from 2017. Lismore and Murwillumbah

Do you have access to a Lismore map of 16 metres? That’s the current prediction. It has been over 12 m since early this morning.

I’ll check.

The attached link gives a table of which individual houses would go under at which flood level. https://lismore.nsw.gov.au/files/Floor_and_Flood_Levels_2017_-_Lismore.pdf

At 16 metres, every house listed is flooded except for parts of Brunswick St and Zadoc St. For East, North and South Lismore, away from the city centre there are similar tables available on https://lismore.nsw.gov.au/flood-levels-and-floor-heights

Hold on, there is a map of contours of Lismore for flood management purposes. https://mapping.lismore.nsw.gov.au/intramaps99/?project=LismorePublic
Map is shown below. South Lismore is west, and East Lismore is south, if that helps.

The same map without flood height contours is below

The following should show as an animation for floods up to 12 metres.

Murwillumbah

Lismore.

Koori Mail
31 mins ·
🚨 400 PEOPLE (APPROX.) STILL MISSING OR UNACCOUNTED FOR 🚨
There are approximately 400 people who are still unaccounted for in Lismore and the surrounding areas.
People are still needing to be rescued from their homes, some may still be in the ceilings of their homes or on the roof of their homes.
We are unsure if any of these people and families are local mob.
We can confirm that many local mob from the Bundjalung region have lost their homes and the entirety of their possessions.
Rescue efforts are still underway, but may be challenging during the night.

I just noticed in passing.

There’s flooding in Birdsville, too. Probably minor, but counted as long-term flooding.

In addition to long term flooding alerts for Qld and NSW, there are even more flash flooding alerts.

A nephew lives at Burringbar, NSW. Most of the houses there are flooded.

Ipswich district. Today’s flooding map.

Dark Orange said:

give it a couple of years and people will have forgot.

JudgeMental said:

Dark Orange said:

give it a couple of years and people will have forgot.

That long!

Pollies use a much shorter time frame.

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

Dark Orange said:

give it a couple of years and people will have forgot.

That long!

Pollies use a much shorter time frame.

I try to put a little hope in my posts. a little light at the end of the tunnel to show people in their best light. in these days of doom and gloom rejoice that I am here to dispense a happy mien over the forum.

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

give it a couple of years and people will have forgot.

That long!

Pollies use a much shorter time frame.

I try to put a little hope in my posts. a little light at the end of the tunnel to show people in their best light. in these days of doom and gloom rejoice that I am here to dispense a happy mien over the forum.

You could tell us all that you’re leaving the forum.

sibeen said:

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

That long!

Pollies use a much shorter time frame.

I try to put a little hope in my posts. a little light at the end of the tunnel to show people in their best light. in these days of doom and gloom rejoice that I am here to dispense a happy mien over the forum.

You could tell us all that you’re leaving the forum.

if I did it would be in a better state. I leave goodness wherever I go.

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

give it a couple of years and people will have forgot.

That long!

Pollies use a much shorter time frame.

I try to put a little hope in my posts. a little light at the end of the tunnel to show people in their best light. in these days of doom and gloom rejoice that I am here to dispense a happy mien over the forum.

I’m not feeling it.

JudgeMental said:

sibeen said:

JudgeMental said:

I try to put a little hope in my posts. a little light at the end of the tunnel to show people in their best light. in these days of doom and gloom rejoice that I am here to dispense a happy mien over the forum.

You could tell us all that you’re leaving the forum.

if I did it would be in a better state. I leave goodness wherever I go.

Shouldn’t that read; whenever?

Mr Matthews then spent six harrowing hours ferrying trapped neighbours across the river to safety.

“We had to smash a window with our boat anchor to get another gentleman out,” he said.

“Another man was incapacitated, he couldn’t walk properly so he was up to his nose in water. We had to drag him out through a window … he had just been standing there, resigned to his fate.

“People were just yelling and screaming.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/lismore-residents-recount-their-flood-ordeals-stuck-in-roof/100869384

A woman has died in her flooded home in northern NSW and people are being warned to brace for more fatalities from the “one in 1000-year” flood crisis in the state as 17 councils are declared disaster zones.

The woman, in her 80s who is yet to be formally identified, was found dead in her flooded Lismore home on Tuesday by a member of the public after a neighbour raised concerns, police said.

She is the first confirmed fatality in the Northern Rivers flood zone, although a man died last week on the Central Coast when his car was swept into flood waters.Another man is feared dead after he disappeared in floodwaters in Lismore on Sunday and hundreds of people are missing.

“The situation is distressing for many and will affect more. The ultimate focus now is saving lives and getting people to safety,” Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Tuesday.

Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said “we must all prepare ourselves for the possibility that lives have been lost”.

“It is unrealistic that a disaster of this magnitude will mean that there are no lives lost,” she told reporters.

Mr Perrottet said the clean-up “and getting communities back on their feet will take weeks, months and years”.

“There’s still difficult times to go.”

Towns across northern NSW, including Lismore and Ballina are underwater and rivers are peaking even as the rain stopped.

Early on Tuesday morning, residents in South Ballina were warned it was too late to leave as floodwaters rose while the rest of the town was told to evacuate.

In Bungawalbin, south of Lismore, defence personnel winched residents off their roofs in precarious operations in windy and rainy conditions, while south of the town, people were seen stuck on a bridge above floodwaters in Woodburn.

The unprecedented floods are much worse than anticipated, with 35,000 people ordered to evacuate their homes and another 310,000 warned to be ready to flee.

So far, 15,000 flood-related insurance claims have been made in NSW.

Mr Perrottet green lit disaster aid – a mix of state and federal support – after speaking with local mayors in impacted regions, with authorities to focus on temporary accommodation.

Federal relief includes cash payments of $1000 per adult and $400 per child, with 13 weeks of allowances similar to JobSeeker available to people in the areas whose wages were impacted by the floods.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the weather system which fuelled the floods was now heading south, creating a severe weather warning for coastal areas from the Central Coast to the South Coast, including Sydney.

Wind gusts of up to 125 km/h are predicted and the possibility of up to 200mm of rain over six hours from Tuesday night.

Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding were expected across the area until Thursday.

The State Emergency Service put out a flood watch for the whole Sydney region, with the worst predicted for areas around the Upper Nepean River.

“People in Sydney and across the South Coast have time. The time to prepare is now,” Ms Cooke said.

SES Commissioner Carlene York said the organisation’s operational tempo was “extremely high”, prioritising rescues over property damage.

The SES performed 932 flood rescues across the Northern Rivers region in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning.

There were five helicopters helping perform rescues along with 46 water rescue personnel and 500 volunteers.

The crisis has engulfed the northeastern part of the state, leaving 1000 people in evacuation centres.

There were multiple major flood warnings including the Tweed, Richmond, Wilsons, Brunswick, Bellinger and Clarence rivers.

Vinnies NSW and the Salvation Army began fundraising for flood victims while federal Labor called for Services Australia to get to affected areas to help people access services.

Disaster assistance is now available in 17 local government areas.

The LGAs are Armidale, Ballina, Bellingen, Byron, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Glen Innes Severn, Hornsby, Kempsey, Kyogle, Lismore, Nambucca, Port Macquarie/Hastings, Richmond, Tenterfield, The Hills and Tweed.

https://www.mygc.com.au/woman-found-dead-in-nsw-flood-zone/

sarahs mum said:

“The situation is distressing for many and will affect more. The ultimate focus now is saving lives and getting people to safety,” Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Tuesday.

https://www.mygc.com.au/woman-found-dead-in-nsw-flood-zone/

fucking idiot premier, the important thing is the economy, stupid

SCIENCE said:

sarahs mum said:

“The situation is distressing for many and will affect more. The ultimate focus now is saving lives and getting people to safety,” Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Tuesday.

https://www.mygc.com.au/woman-found-dead-in-nsw-flood-zone/

fucking idiot premier, the important thing is the economy, stupid

also..‘1000 year flood’

1. How unusual is this rain?

Very unusual.

The rainfall totals from this event have been staggering.

From 9am Thursday to 9am Monday three stations recorded over a metre of rain:

- 1637mm at Mount Glorious, QLD
- 1180mm at Pomona, QLD
- 1094mm at Bracken Ridge

Brisbane has absolutely smashed its three-day rainfall record with 677mm, by recording over 200mm each day for three days in a row.

more

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/weather-explainer/100873014

sarahs mum said:

1. How unusual is this rain?

Very unusual.

The rainfall totals from this event have been staggering.

From 9am Thursday to 9am Monday three stations recorded over a metre of rain:

- 1637mm at Mount Glorious, QLD
- 1180mm at Pomona, QLD
- 1094mm at Bracken Ridge

Brisbane has absolutely smashed its three-day rainfall record with 677mm, by recording over 200mm each day for three days in a row.

more

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/weather-explainer/100873014

We picked up some rain today. They got 23mm in town and only 16mm out here.

sarahs mum said:

1. How unusual is this rain?

Very unusual.

The rainfall totals from this event have been staggering.

From 9am Thursday to 9am Monday three stations recorded over a metre of rain:

- 1637mm at Mount Glorious, QLD
- 1180mm at Pomona, QLD
- 1094mm at Bracken Ridge

Brisbane has absolutely smashed its three-day rainfall record with 677mm, by recording over 200mm each day for three days in a row.

more

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/weather-explainer/100873014

From that link – “With each degree increase in the atmospheric temperatures, air can hold roughly 7 per cent more water vapour that is eventually available to fall as rain,” as Nina Ridder, research associate in the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, explained.

I have wondered how much water there is held in the atmosphere at any one time. I had a quick look but couldn’t find anything much about it.

Spiny Norman said:

sarahs mum said:

1. How unusual is this rain?

Very unusual.

The rainfall totals from this event have been staggering.

From 9am Thursday to 9am Monday three stations recorded over a metre of rain:

- 1637mm at Mount Glorious, QLD
- 1180mm at Pomona, QLD
- 1094mm at Bracken Ridge

Brisbane has absolutely smashed its three-day rainfall record with 677mm, by recording over 200mm each day for three days in a row.

more

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/weather-explainer/100873014

From that link – “With each degree increase in the atmospheric temperatures, air can hold roughly 7 per cent more water vapour that is eventually available to fall as rain,” as Nina Ridder, research associate in the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, explained.

I have wondered how much water there is held in the atmosphere at any one time. I had a quick look but couldn’t find anything much about it.

That would make an interesting study using drones.

sarahs mum said:

I had a thought the other day , that places like Maryborough and places like Nyngan would benefit from a) Levey bank b) a water storage tank installation , so when a levy bank breaches the water will spill into a drainage grate funnelling the water into an underground storage tank to best mitigate major flood catastrophes, this could be implemented in Logan and also the GC in flood prone regions , because the tanks won’t be affected by tidal changes as occurs when rivers are trying to get rid release flood waters during a high tide there are a few towns including coffsharbour that have this problem where estuarries and stormwater flows backflow because of high tides and king tides

sarahs mum said:

that is very fucking temporary.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

don’t get me wrong, I really hope it does.

Dark Orange said:

Sure is ! 0_o

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

don’t get me wrong, I really hope it does.

It surprising the amount of water that can be held back by a just shovel or two of dirt. However once it begins to overflow things begin to collapse very quickly.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

don’t get me wrong, I really hope it does.

not seeing any Chevys there though.

PermeateFree said:

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

don’t get me wrong, I really hope it does.

It surprising the amount of water that can be held back by a just shovel or two of dirt. However once it begins to overflow things begin to collapse very quickly.

Who Doesn’t Like A Good Upstream Tailings Dam Then

We Mean Damn

Well that’s an impressive effort.

A bit of rain, central NSW.
Not enough on the west side of the range though.

Gympie – a very unusual indicator of water depth in this street.

Michael V said:

Gympie – a very unusual indicator of water depth in this street.

LOL

Michael V said:

Gympie – a very unusual indicator of water depth in this street.

EEEEK! 😮

Here’s a few photos from around here. A small park that has a creek running along the edge of it, the creek is normally 3 – 4 metres wide but we could see that is swelled to about 50 metres at least. You can see the flattened grass that’s near the creek, and the taller clumps of the grass are (were) at least 4 metres high before the flood. There’s also the small pool of water next to the creek, you can see the way the plants are aligned that the flood waters just ran right over the top of all that to take the shortest path.

“Woman gives CPR to save platypus.

Here’s some good news for you from the Sunshine Coast.

When flood waters eased in the Noosa hinterland today, Mary Valley resident Penelope took a drive to the Imbil Bridge and noticed what she thought was a dead baby duck.

To her surprise it was a platypus — that wasn’t breathing.

“I just panicked and I didn’t know what to do so … I started doing those two finger compressions like we’re taught to do on babies that aren’t breathing,” she told ABC Sunshine Coast presenter Sheridan Stewart.

“It coughed and spluttered and started breathing again which was just amazing.”

Penelope says she collapsed into the mud crying happy tears.

“It looked at me and blinked its little eyes and very slowly walked back towards the water and eventually swam off.

“It was the most incredible thing … one of the most joyous things I could’ve ever been a part of.”

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100868056

From the footage that we’ve seen, and knowing the height of the flood, we can see that the water went above the second floor of the gallery, about two or so metres, which would have inundated all of our pre-packing of the space,’ said Ashleigh Ralph, Director of Lismore Regional Gallery.

‘In the previous flood the top floor didn’t flood, but this time it did. We had everything on the top floor, which is now gone. So that’s our collection, that’s artworks from exhibitions that were on display, including the war rugs from Afghanistan, it’s the Hannah Cabinet. It’s everything,’ she said on Tuesday.

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/flood-disaster-for-arts-sector-2534214/

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

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I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Michael V said:

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

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I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Nature ay.

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

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I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Nature ay.

Quite.

And pretty, too.

Michael V said:

“Woman gives CPR to save platypus.

Here’s some good news for you from the Sunshine Coast.

When flood waters eased in the Noosa hinterland today, Mary Valley resident Penelope took a drive to the Imbil Bridge and noticed what she thought was a dead baby duck.

To her surprise it was a platypus — that wasn’t breathing.

“I just panicked and I didn’t know what to do so … I started doing those two finger compressions like we’re taught to do on babies that aren’t breathing,” she told ABC Sunshine Coast presenter Sheridan Stewart.

“It coughed and spluttered and started breathing again which was just amazing.”

Penelope says she collapsed into the mud crying happy tears.

“It looked at me and blinked its little eyes and very slowly walked back towards the water and eventually swam off.

“It was the most incredible thing … one of the most joyous things I could’ve ever been a part of.”

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100868056

That’s very pleasing to read.

Michael V said:

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

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I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Thank you for the explanation.

sarahs mum said:

From the footage that we’ve seen, and knowing the height of the flood, we can see that the water went above the second floor of the gallery, about two or so metres, which would have inundated all of our pre-packing of the space,’ said Ashleigh Ralph, Director of Lismore Regional Gallery.

‘In the previous flood the top floor didn’t flood, but this time it did. We had everything on the top floor, which is now gone. So that’s our collection, that’s artworks from exhibitions that were on display, including the war rugs from Afghanistan, it’s the Hannah Cabinet. It’s everything,’ she said on Tuesday.

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/flood-disaster-for-arts-sector-2534214/

With good conservation, hopefully much of it will be saved.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/fijian-abattoir-workers-melbournes-sihk-community-help-flood-/100874032

Those Sikhs have been very busy lately. They were making food for people in Melbourne in isolation for the past couple of years.

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

From the footage that we’ve seen, and knowing the height of the flood, we can see that the water went above the second floor of the gallery, about two or so metres, which would have inundated all of our pre-packing of the space,’ said Ashleigh Ralph, Director of Lismore Regional Gallery.

‘In the previous flood the top floor didn’t flood, but this time it did. We had everything on the top floor, which is now gone. So that’s our collection, that’s artworks from exhibitions that were on display, including the war rugs from Afghanistan, it’s the Hannah Cabinet. It’s everything,’ she said on Tuesday.

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/flood-disaster-for-arts-sector-2534214/

With good conservation, hopefully much of it will be saved.

One of my friends works there. I will fill you in when they assess the damage.

sarahs mum said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

From the footage that we’ve seen, and knowing the height of the flood, we can see that the water went above the second floor of the gallery, about two or so metres, which would have inundated all of our pre-packing of the space,’ said Ashleigh Ralph, Director of Lismore Regional Gallery.

‘In the previous flood the top floor didn’t flood, but this time it did. We had everything on the top floor, which is now gone. So that’s our collection, that’s artworks from exhibitions that were on display, including the war rugs from Afghanistan, it’s the Hannah Cabinet. It’s everything,’ she said on Tuesday.

https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/flood-disaster-for-arts-sector-2534214/

With good conservation, hopefully much of it will be saved.

One of my friends works there. I will fill you in when they assess the damage.

Cheers.

:)

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Nature ay.

the earth is healing

Arts said:

JudgeMental said:

Michael V said:

Sand running into the water at Rainbow Beach

(Supplied: Rainbow Beach Helicopters)

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
I haven’t been down to check it out yet, but I imagine the 350+ mm we got is leaking out the side of the sand dunes, taking sand with it, causing sand-slips onto the beach and the surf is eroding that and carrying it out to sea.
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/queensland-nsw-weather-rain-flooding-live-warnings-updates/100873402

Nature ay.

the earth is healing

23.5°

gonna need an easter seaboard flood thread.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/02/nothing-to-sell-queensland-and-nsw-flood-waters-hit-supermarket-grocery-supplies

“At any one instant, the Earth’s atmosphere contains 37.5 million-billion gallons of water vapor – enough to cover the entire surface of the planet with 1 inch of rain if condensed. This amount is recycled, through evaporation powered by the Sun, 40 times each year in what is known as the hydrologic cycle.”

https://wxguys.ssec.wisc.edu/2018/02/05/water-in-atmosphere/

Some rough numbers then -
37.5×10^15 US gallons is 130.5×10^15 litres, or about 130,500,000,000,000,000 kg or 130,500,000,000,000 tonnes of water hovering around in mid-air at any average point. And for every degree that the atmosphere warms, you can add another 7% to that -> 9.14×10^12 tonnes more.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

party_pants said:

that is very fucking temporary.

It looks so unlikely. But it also looks to be working..

don’t get me wrong, I really hope it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwCsHiCfl9I

Few People Have Ever Seen These Amazing Anti-Flood Gadgets & Smart Flood Control Technology

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Hundreds of precious artworks housed at Lismore Regional Gallery have been damaged by the catastrophic floodwaters to engulf the town this week.
Key points:

Lismore Regional Art Gallery was inundated during catastrophic flooding on Monday Efforts to assess the damage to hundreds of artworks will soon begin The Hannah Cabinet masterwork is among the flood-damaged pieces

Among the items to go under were Geoff Hannah’s renowned and intricate masterwork the Hannah Cabinet and works by Margaret Olley and Max Dupain.

A campaign in 2019 raised $1 million to acquire and keep the Hannah Cabinet in Mr Hannah’s hometown of Lismore.

The cabinet took six-and-a-half years to make and has 92 drawers. It was made from 34 types of timber, four rare species of shell and 17 types of precious and semi-precious stones.

*snip

“I was just bloody devastated to go and look at it, it’s terrible,” he said.

“It’s just all toppled over, all the ebony columns are laying on the ground, the top section of the cabinet is upside down, the bottom section is on its back suspended on other objects.

“It’s just like destruction up there and here it is amongst it. It’s hard to think, my mind is just scrambled about it.

“I saw other artworks on the ground … mud all over them, it’s just everywhere.

more..

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/hannah-cabinet-margaret-olley-paintings-damaged-lismore-flood/100878946

Kyogle high school students have been making these squeegees.

sarahs mum said:

Kyogle high school students have been making these squeegees.

Excellent.

Some Australian flood photos from https://www.boredpanda.com/australia-flood/

Flood height at Gympie.

Just north of Brisbane.