As forecast after the heavy rain and floods along the Capricorn Coast, Queensland, on 25 to 26 March 2014, the storms and heavy rain moved along the coastline yesterday. Parts of the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast areas saw flash floods.
There were also power outages for around 20,000 homes on the Gold Coast and two minor landslides at Nambour. Several roads had to be closed as a result of flooding. Rainfall levels in the area in a 24 hour period were between 120mm in parts of Brisbane andaround 200mm in areas more inland. In more elevated areas in the region, places such as Springbrook saw higher rainfall levels of nearly 400mm in 24 hours. That rain may well find its way to lower areas over the next few hours.
Mudgeeraba sports grounds are under too. This is the water from Springbrook area. @7NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/vJw97FcbbU
— Josh Adsett (@joshadsett) March 27, 2014
State Emergency Service (SES) had to make several flood rescues. At least three of the rescues involved drivers trapped in their vehicles surrounded by floodwater. In a separate incident, a man appears to have been swept away by floodwaters in Fassifern, near Boonah. He managed to cling on to a tree until the emergency services could reach him.
