Police have released more details, including pictures of a ute, as they call for witnesses to a dramatic incident in Toowoomba that has left a man fighting for his life after he was shot in the head while inside his car.
Schools will be closed tomorrow and southeast Queensland residents told to stay home for the next 48 hours as fresh storms fire up over the flood-hit region. It comes after giant hail, torrential rain and an order from the Premier for parents to collect their children from school early on Thursday.
Schools in ten LGAs across South East Queensland will remain closed tomorrow as authorities wait for flood waters to recede. It comes as extensive rail damage has caused train services to be suspended tomorrow and ‘possibly longer’.
Brisbane City Council has sent out an emergency alert via text advising that major flooding is likely on the Brisbane River, with levels expected to peak at 3.7m on Monday morning.
Brisbane’s Mayor has revealed new flood mapping as the Brisbane River surges above 2013 flood levels, with streets and properties inundated as more than 1400 homes in close to 100 suburbs are feeling its impact. He also said preparations have begun for the massive clean-up task ahead.
Multiple locations across South East Queensland were placed on emergency alert overnight with warnings of life-threatening flash flooding.
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South East Queensland’s big wet is set to intensify, with Brisbane and the Gold Coast next in the firing line after flooding in the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions derailed a freight train and left a woman dead and a man missing.
Queensland has recorded 8508 new Covid cases and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours, making it the state’s deadliest day of the pandemic.
A 21-year-old man has died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash and three young passengers have been hospitalised – two of whom are in a critical condition – after the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree west of Brisbane.
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