Brisbane residents have told of their escape from flooded homes, using kayaks or calling on help from swift water rescue teams to get out. Meanwhile, Howard Smith Wharves workers have described the dramatic moment they formed a human chain to save a man from the river.
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.
Multiple residents have been left “stranded and screaming” at Windsor in Brisbane’s inner north, according to a community group post. It follows earlier mercy missions around the city. SEE THE VIDEOS
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 police are calling for urgent public assistance to locate a 15-year-old girl missing from Eagleby, south of Brisbane.
The Bruce Hwy is still closed and will remain so until 3pm after a B-double truck carrying 3000 litres of herbicide burst into flames north of Gympie late on Monday night.
Police have released images of a man they wish to speak to following a shooting in Warwick last week but have warned locals not to approach him as he may be armed.
Brisbane police have released footage showing e-scooters at their most dangerous. SEE THE VIDEO NOW
Australia’s most wanted fugitive has been arrested in a run-down Queensland home 12 years after he fled from Victorian authorities. SEE THE MOMENT COPS TOOK HIM IN
Police are investigating after destructive thieves reversed a silver sedan through the entrance of a Stafford shopping centre.
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