Flash flooding on multiple Gold Coast roads after city pounded with rain

Gold Coast residents woke on Monday to find multiple roads flooded following heavy rain across the city overnight.

Gold Coast residents woke on Monday to find multiple roads flooded following heavy rain across the city overnight.

Among major roads to be affected by flash flooding were the Robina Parkway at Clear Island Waters, Cheltenham Dr in Robina, the Gold Coast Highway at Arundel and Somerset Dr in Mudgeeraba.

At 3am, water was also reported to be partly over the road at Smith St opposite the Precision Drive on and off ramps. Nielsens Rd in Carrara was also said to be affected by flash flooding overnight.

Water lapping at the edge of John Muntz Bridge in Oxenford at 3pm on Sunday. Picture: Mark Boothman MP / Facebook

Floodwater blocking the Gold Coast Highway at Coombabah. Picture: Keith Woods

The John Muntz Bridge at Oxenford was also closed overnight. High water had been seen lapping the edge of the bridge hours earlier on Sunday. The bridge reopened to traffic at 7am on Monday.

Flooding continued to block sections of other roads in the area, however, including Birds Rd, Guanaba Creek Rd and Tarata Rd.

Speaking to the Bulletin in Upper Coomera, where he was surveying local roads, Theodore MP Mark Boothman urged people not to try driving through floodwaters having witnessed a number of motorists taking the risk.

“The amount of cars I saw out there trying to drive through floodwaters was just ridiculous.

People aren’t heeding the warnings and the messages,” he said.

Theodore MP Mark Boothman in Upper Coomera on Monday. Picture: Keith Woods.

Flooding at Siganto Drive in Helensvale on Sunday. Picture: Glenn Hampson.

Areas of Yatala north were completely submerged with the northern most exit on the M1 southbound completely shut off.

Military units were seen travelling northbound moving towards some of the most flooded areas of the northern Gold Coast which include Yatala and Stapylton.

Helicopters could be seen flying low over Jacob’s Well which has been shut off at Jacob’s Well Rd due to flooding.

An ADF vehicle seen on the M1 in the northern Gold Coast on Monday.

The majority of main roads were open by 8am, with only a tangle of debris to their side speaking to the dramatic flash flooding that happened hours before.

At Helensvale Rd in Helensvale a white Land Rover Discovery lay abandoned amid broken tree branches where water had spilled across the road overnight.

Police were investigating the circumstances.

A car abandoned at Helensvale Rd in Helensvale. Picture: Keith Woods.

Residents are urged to exercise caution on the roads and check latest conditions at qldtraffic.qld.gov.au.

The flash flooding came after council issued emergency flood warnings overnight for residents of Luscombe, Yatala, Stapylton, Alberton and Gilberton, and for people living in Currumbin, Currumbin Valley, Tallebudgera, Tallebudgera Valley and Elanora.

‘Watch and act’ warnings were also issued for a number of areas.

Locals sandbagged their homes and businesses at Paradise Point as Cyclone Alfred approached. Photo: Kathleen Skene

Originally published as Flash flooding on multiple Gold Coast roads after city pounded with rain