Schools to close on Friday, March 4, as Logan River set to rise again

Schools will close on Friday as unstable conditions are expected in South East Queensland for 24 hours.

Logan is bracing for more floods delaying the clean-up with just hours after a Mud Army was mobilised.

Education Minister Grace Grace said southside schools were making individual decisions about sending students home today.

However, Ms Grace said tomorrow schools would only be open for children of essential workers across the southeast.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned people north of Brisbane to go and collect their children as a severe storm is on its way and more are to come.

The Bremer River in Ipswich and the Logan River at Beaudesert were experiencing major rises with renewed flooding expected.

The Moreton Bay Region was the premier’s major concern and she told everyone that students were safe at the moment but urged parents to go and get them as soon as possible.

She said conditions would be unstable for the next 24 hours and told people to stay at home with schools expected to close temporarily.

“It’s a serious situation and these are unprecedented times,” the Premier said.

Telling people to stop cleaning up for the next 24 hours as severe storms roll in

She told people to get Tetanus injections More than 80mm was dumped on Beaudesert at the upper end of the Logan River Catchment with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting renewed flooding in the area this morning.

At Eagleby, a Mud Army met for the first time but had to disband immediately after this morning’s severe storm, which whipped through Logan just before 8am.

Logan is bracing for more floods delaying the clean-up with just hours after a Mud Army was mobilised at Eagleby.

Traffic was at a standstill across southeast Queensland despite two major bridges in Logan reopening this morning.

The Maclean Bridge was closed on Tuesday after being swamped with water, landlocking some residents living along the Logan River, just outside Jimboomba.

Both bridges reopened overnight but had little effect in reducing traffic jams in Beenleigh and Eagleby.

The Mt Lindesay Highway at Jimboomba and cable Camp Rd remains closed and is not expected to reopen today.

Loganlea Rd outside the Logan Hospital is also still flooded with the only access via the Logan Motorway.

All tolls have been waived until Sunday at midnight.

Mayor Darren Power said 90 houses went under yesterday and there were 52 people at the council’s evacuation centre at Crestmead.

“Logan Reserve is still causing a lot of concern with the problem being that it is isolated and that makes it hard.”

He said many residents in the area had no running water, no hot showers or electricity for four days.

The state government brought in clean-up crews from north Queensland with many expected to visit isolated sites at Buccan and Logan Reserve today.

Those communities are expected to remain isolated until the weekend with no electricity.

Resident Courtney King said she was looking forward to getting out to the shops.

Stay safe to our clients and all the community along the Logan River. We have had 408mm of rain since Wednesday up to 9am this morning. What are the totals at your place?— in North Maclean, Queensland.

Logan was in the path of a severe thunder storm coming in from the west this morning with hail predicted as roads start to reopen this morning.

Flash flooding is also expected but flooding on a par with previous days is not expected.

The Bureau of Meteorology said damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding.

Storms loom over Logan as the clean-up starts with a Mud Army mobilising in Eagleby.

This morning, the Maclean Bridge and the Waterford Bridge have reopened.

There was no major rain overnight in Logan and today’s storm is not expected to create major flooding.

Storms loom over Logan as the clean-up starts with a Mud Army mobilising in Eagleby

However, flash flooding is likely.

There are still 151 roads closed in Logan and 1659 people without power across the city.

Logan Reserve and Buccan are still isolated.

A Mud Army is assembling at Eagleby this morning.

If you need emergency assistance, contact the SES on 132 500.