More severe weather over parts of Queensland has led to flooding on the Gold Coast for the second time in 2 weeks.
Emergency services in Queensland received over 200 call outs and had to make two separate flood rescues. A teenage boy had to be rescued from flood waters in Currumbin, while in Bonogin and man had to be rescued from his vehicle after it became trapped in flood waters.
Man saved from floodwaters in dramatic swiftwater rescue on the #GoldCoast http://t.co/0JIuhqriIQ #Qld pic.twitter.com/pj8FbU3jrz
— ABC News Queensland (@abcnews_qld) January 23, 2015
The recent heavy rain is a result of an area of low pressure across eastern parts of the state. Australia’s 9 News say that Gold Coast, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Gympie, Bundaberg, Ipswich, Moreton Bay and islands, Kingaroy, Noosa, Hervey Bay and Fraser Island have all been affected.
In Brisbane : Rain causes floods, road closures and rock slide http://t.co/SVTZbkuFkD via @brisbanetimes pic.twitter.com/EIu5zZ3Sjc
— EWN Alerts (@EWNAlerts) January 23, 2015
Further rain is expected, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), who warned that south-east Queensland could see 50 to 100mm of rain fall overnight.
Flood Watch
BOM issued a flood watch for south-east Queensland between Hervey Bay and the New South Wales border during the afternoon of 23 January 2015.
They said:
The trough has moved from central Queensland and is affecting south-east Queensland. Locally heavy rainfall has been recorded throughout the Flood Watch area during Friday.
Rainfall is expected to continue into Friday evening, with further widespread totals of between 50 mm and 100 mm likely. Locally heavier rainfall is possible.
River level rises above the minor flood level are possible.
Heavy rainfall may also lead to localised flash flooding.
The Flood Watch area has been extended to include the following catchments: Noosa, Maroochy, Mooloolah, Mary, Logan, Albert, tributaries of the Brisbane River, and Gold Coast catchments.
See www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/ to view the current flood warnings for Queensland.
This Flood Watch means that people living or working along rivers and creeks should monitor the latest weather forecasts and warnings and be ready to move to higher ground should flooding develop.
Rainfall Totals
Rainfall amounts for 24 hours between 22 and 23 January 2015, according to WMO:
Coolangatta Airport – 145.9 mm
Amberley – 65.9 mm
Beaudesert – 63.9 mm
Nambour – 91.7 mm
Beerburrum – 122.9 mm
Gold Coast Seaway – 134.9 mm
Archerfield Airport – 102.9 mm
Brisbane Central – 54.9 mm
