1/51A bus has been swept up in flood waters on the Northern Gold Coast. Picture: Charlton Hart
In pictures: Flood devastation across SE Qld
As huge floods sweep across South East Queensland, leading to road closures, emergency rescues and tourist evacuations, our photographers captured images of the devastation. GALLERY
2/51Cedar Creek flooding QLD - Photo Supplied: Julie Van Der Pols
3/51Residents in a northern Gold Coast suburb are out with shovels trying to unblock the drains. Picture: Charlton Hart
4/51Natural Bridge rescues , QLD - Photo Supplied QAS
5/51Natural Bridge rescues , QLD - Photo Supplied QAS
6/51Natural Bridge rescues , QLD - Photo Supplied QAS
7/51Cedar Creek flooding QLD - Photo Supplied: Julie Van Der Pols
8/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
9/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells LNP Member for Theodore Mark Boothman and LNP leader David Crisafulli how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
10/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
11/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
12/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
13/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
14/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor with opposition lead David Crisafulli, tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
15/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells LNP Member for Theodore Mark Boothman and LNP leader David Crisafulli how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
16/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
17/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
18/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells LNP Member for Theodore Mark Boothman and LNP leader David Crisafulli how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
19/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells LNP Member for Theodore Mark Boothman and LNP leader David Crisafulli how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
20/51LNP leader David Crisafulli with Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
21/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
22/51Owner of Spectrum Plants Gold Coast Wes Trevor tells how his business is destroyed after the double whammy of storms and floods. Pics Adam Head
23/51Gold Coast City Council maitenance worker Geoff Toole keeping the sandbag pile topped up at the Bilinga sandbag depot. Picture: Glenn Hampson
24/51Floodwaters continue to rise as intense rains lashes the Gold Coast. Picture: Charlton Hart
25/51Homes in Pimpama are being inundated by rising floodwaters. Picture: Charlton Hart
26/51QFES crews are responding to a truck stranded in floodwaters at Pimpama. Picture: Charlton Hart
27/51Emergency services are responding to multiple swift water rescues across the Coast. Picture: Charlton Hart
28/51Days Rd in Upper Coomera on teh Gold Coast has begun to flood. Picture: Facebook
29/51Ducks take over the sports fields at Carrara. Picture: Glenn Hampson
30/51Ducks take over the sports fields at Carrara. Picture: Glenn Hampson
31/51A car caught in floodwaters at Clagiraba Weir. The driver was rescued from his roof by a local.. Picture Glenn Hampson
32/51Mist surrounding the powerlines at Clagiraba.. Picture: Glenn Hampson
33/51A weir at Clagiraba shows the height of floodwaters. Picture: Glenn Hampson
34/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Clagiraba where some horses are stranded. Picture: Adam Head
35/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
36/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Coomera this house on Rivendell Drive has been hammered by the fallen trees from the Christmas Day storm only to be flooded by the Coomera River after this rain event. Picture: Adam Head
37/51Atlas, 6, watches floodwaters at the Coomera River Causeway Parkland. Picture: Adam Head
38/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Coomera this house on Rivendell Drive has been hammered by the fallen trees from the Christmas Day storm only to be flooded by the Coomera River after this rain event. Picture: Adam Head
39/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Coomera this house on Rivendell Drive has been hammered by the fallen trees from the Christmas Day storm only to be flooded by the Coomera River after this rain event. Picture: Adam Head
40/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Coomera where people come to watch at the Coomera River Causeway Parkland. Picture: Adam Head
41/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
42/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
43/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Pics Adam Head
44/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
45/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Gunsynd Drive Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
46/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding at Woodlands Park, Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
47/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
48/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
49/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
50/51A storm over the Gold Coast has dropped rain causing flooding in Mudgeeraba. Picture: Adam Head
51/51A flooded road.
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