VIDEO: Man rows boat down flooded Gold Coast street
In unbelievable scenes following 300mm+ of rain overnight, a man has been seen rowing a boat down a flooded suburban street on the Gold Coast. WATCH THE VIDEO
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GOLD Coast streets have turned to rivers overnight, with one resident swapping a car for a tinny and a set of oars.
Ricky Kroesen has uploaded a video to Twitter of a resident rowing along a street in Southport following eight hours of rain overnight.
In the neighbouring yard, water has almost reached the back of a ute’s tray.
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Picket fences are half submerged while Keebra Park is also flooded in the suburb.
The Gold Coast Seaway – a neighbouring area to Southport – recorded 255mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9am this morning.
Meanwhile Loders Creek Dam received a whopping 330mm in the same time period.
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