Flood situation in Brisbane deteriorating
source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-24/27situation-deteriorating27-in-flooded-south-east-qld/...
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Hundreds of millimetres of rain has been dumped across the Gold and Sunshine coasts and Brisbane, bringing flash flooding, landslips and hundreds of road closures.
Evacuation centres have been opened at Narangba and Deception Bay, north of Brisbane, with about a dozen homes evacuated in Burpengary.
The Bureau of Meteorology says flooding could worsen in some areas with more rain expected across the region overnight and wet weather forecast for the rest of the week.
Police have reported dozens of traffic incidents since the big wet began and officials are warning people to stay out of floodwaters.
EMQ director of operations Warren Bridson says the situation is deteriorating.
"The rain is going to get heavier particularly between Maroochydore and Brisbane city in the next couple of hours, which means our State Emergency Service personnel are escalating their response," he said.
"We've had about 500 calls for assistance up until now and of course that is increasing all the time."
Mr Bridson says emergency crews will work through the night.
"The predictions are... more rain tonight and again tomorrow. I would expect the disaster management systems will escalate tomorrow if that transpires therefore there will be more activities around the local disaster management groups," he said.
He says it will be a long night for residents throughout the south-east.
"We're asking the community to really be aware tonight about what's predicted," he said.
"To take care on the roads and to be patient if they make calls to the State Emergency Service because it's going to be a long, hard night for the SES people in the south-east."
Weather bureau spokeswoman Michelle Berry says the wet conditions are likely to continue until next Tuesday.
"This is certainly quite a severe event that's occurring throughout south-eastern Queensland at the moment," she said.
"We can get these very moist air streams through the summer months.
"It doesn't have the same depth of moisture as what we were seeing through January of last year but it's certainly a very severe event ands that's why we are warning for it continuing into tomorrow also."
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IceKat
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Once again JfG has my worthy contribution censored.
Speaks volumes, doesn't it, when someone is revealed as being a scaremonger?
Tagged, "climate change" why? This weather is nothing new to Australia.Put your money where your mouth is Jan, Prove this is unusual or unprecedented.
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IceKat
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coolplanet
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How much longer can the world ignore this ongoing emergency?
What will it take? - 4 months ago
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coolplanet:
Perhaps when that bulge of freshwater in the Arctic becomes bigger and winds change direction thus dumping it into North Atlantic to plunge Europe into an ice age...Once we melt it all and see the irreversible cnsnequences. I'm convinced of that now. Either that, or a famine begins due to excessive droughts and floods in the breadbaskets of the world. It will have to be something so severe that cannot be dismissed or ignored. It is obvious that this is still not on the radar of so many. Let's see a post like this also make it alone to a community spotlight (perhaps?) section to be seen and discussed. It's always political, even here.
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IceKat
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JanforGore:
Not a hint of reality or scientific fact here, just rantings from a failed extremist who parrots whatever Gore tells her.
Where's the proof that the Arctic is melting? Have you mentioned to your disciples that the Arctic is doing pretty well and isn't exactly a bubbling trickle of CO2-induced steam! - 4 months ago
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JanforGore:
Take a look at the calendar Jan. It is stuffed to the gills with holidays, famous birthdays, famous deaths, dog birthdays and deaths, EVERY RELIGION ON EARTH DAYS. All of which gives the illusion of PERMANENT CONTINUITY.
People succumb to wishful thinking that the Next & Next & Next just has to come on schedule. I don't think your posts could slam an ice pick through all that.
Don't feel bad tho. Same thing happened to my new engines. People are so trained to think of Energy as having to be some liquid burning the idea of an engine making its own fuel "on-the-fly" shoot, I may as well be ROD SERLING RETURNED FROM THE GRAVE.
His IQ & genius mind was also off the charts above the masses' programming, but he wisely chose TELEVISION so they had to see his genius fantasy plots.
You are an admirable fellow salmon. If you were in a theater and yelled Fire Fire and another person such as IceKat jumped up right behind you yelling NO FIRE NO FIRE a lot of people would die.
I've explained 3 ways to stop CANCER in one post this morning but the number of doctors in this country who have lawyers, publicists, BANKROLLS FROM ISRAEL, they all wearing those infernal white coats that make them look smarter than me is all it takes to keep the dying piling through their doors WITH LOADS & LOADS OF MEDICARE CASH.
Ways to Stop a Cancer => http://forums.utsandiego.com/showpost.php?p=4607048&postcount=2504
It is free instructions so obviously it's a trick and a Hoax.
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JanforGore
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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Thousands_evacuated_in_flooded_Australia_999.h...
Sydney (AFP) Jan 25, 2012Fiji declares disaster as flood toll rises to six
Wellington (AFP) Jan 26, 2012 - Fiji declared flood-hit areas of the main island Viti Levu a disaster zone Thursday, as the death toll from the deluge lashing the Pacific nation rose to six.A family of four, including two children, were killed in a landslide late Wednesday after becoming trapped in their home at a village in the island's western Ba region, the information ministry said.
It said almost 3,500 people had been forced from their homes by the torrential downpour that has continued since the weekend, and a state of natural disaster has been declared in the worst-hit areas of the west.
No further details of the landslide victims were available.
Earlier this week, two farmers were killed in separate incidents as they tried to protect their livestock from rising waters.
The government said roads had been cut and some communities were without power and water supplies, advising people to avoid low-lying areas and take precautions against water-borne illnesses.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced an initial NZ$350,000 ($286,000) for flood-relief efforts and said further aid was being considered.
"New Zealand is coordinating closely with authorities and relief agencies on the ground, as well as with Australia and France," he said.
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Thousands of Australians were evacuated Wednesday, with dozens being rescued, as monsoonal rains sparked flash flooding and landslides and a cyclone threatened to form in the Pacific Ocean.Emergency authorities ordered 4,200 residents of five towns in New South Wales to abandon their homes as a huge storm lashed northeast Australia, causing rivers to break their banks.
"Do not delay your evacuation. Roads will be congested or closed. You could become trapped and need rescue," the NSW State Emergency Service said.
"Remaining in flooded areas is dangerous and may place your life at risk."
The downpour caused flash floods and landslips in neighbouring Queensland overnight, swamping homes and forcing hundreds of roads to close, with 26 emergency rescues as cars were swept into surging waterways.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the downpour, which has flooded homes was a terrifying reminder of last year's devastating floods which killed 35 people and inundated tens of thousands of homes.
"The deluge has caused significant distress from people who experienced last year's devastating floods, with police fielding numerous calls from anxious victims," Bligh told reporters.
"It's an event that is causing a lot of disruption."
A severe weather warning was lifted for Queensland as conditions eased but Bligh said the rain would return late Friday or Saturday, pelting the state with up to 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain.
"We will feel the full urging of the monsoons, a trough that has been impacting the north," she said.
A "third phase" of weather was expected later next week, she added, with modelling suggesting a cyclone could form.
"There is a possibility of a cyclone forming off the northern parts of the state ... which will bring with it winds and heavy rainfall," she said.
Top-intensity Cyclone Yasi tore across the Queensland coast last February, ripping homes from their stumps and wiping out huge sections of farmland as the state reeled from an earlier flooding emergency.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for northern NSW on Wednesday, forecasting "heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding".
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