Thunderstorms and flooding chaos strike south east Queensland as storms move north from NSW

Rescue teams have rescued dozens of Australians, including a six-week-old baby, from rising floodwaters as severe storms continue to hit the country’s east coast.

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The number of rescues in Queensland rose to nine as of Saturday evening, compared to 34 rescues carried out by the NSW State Emergency Service the previous night.

On Saturday evening, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning to residents living from Gundiwindi to the Sunshine Coast inland to Chinchilla near the NSW border.

The bureau said strong thunderstorms and possible flash floods could affect the region, which is west of the Great Dividing Range, on Saturday night.

Flooding in the eastern states moved north from the central west of NSW to grab southeast Queensland. A vehicle collapses after a bridge collapses in NSW

Queensland firefighters were called to rescue nine people overnight as cars stuck in rising floodwaters

That alert was later rescinded just before 9 pm, with the BoM saying that the ‘threat of strong thunderstorms has passed’.

A severe storm warning was issued for farming communities in the Darling Downs and Granite Belt west of Toowoomba.

The Lockyer Valley, south east of Queensland, has received about 230 mm of rain in the last five days.

Several cities recorded a month’s worth of rain in a matter of hours on Friday evening, saving nine people – including a six-week-old baby – from flood waters.

Queensland Police said: “Police and emergency services were called to Cunningham Highway in Warwick after 10.40 p.m. where water had risen half a meter above the Freestone Creek Bridge.”

Police entered the high-flowing water to retrieve two women and an infant from a vehicle and bring them back safely.

Exactly 10 minutes later on Jack Smith Alley Road in Swan Creek, police used rope to form a human chain and swung through ‘strong, waist-high currents’ to retrieve a woman through the driver’s window.

Police issued a stern warning to motorists after officers were forced to risk their lives to rescue floodwaters in the Darling Downs area overnight

An excavation was used to aid in floodwater rescue in Queensland as rivers eroded their banks.

Earlier, two campers were rescued from deep water at Barney View, while two motorists were rescued in Tingura from separate vehicles.

Darling Downs superintendent Danny Shaw said, “As we can see from these events overnight, flash floods can happen and without notice, even on roads where you would normally go without any problems.” travel.”

‘It’s not worth risking the lives of yourself, your loved ones and those in the emergency services.

‘I’m urging residents to use common sense – delay their travel if necessary, away from flooded roadways. If it is a flood, forget it.’

A strong thunderstorm warning was issued for the Darling Downs on Saturday evening.

One person died of drowning in Hibernia just before 7 a.m. Friday.

A passerby sees a dead and dead man near Gregory High, west of Rockhampton.

“Firefighters were called to rapid water rescue overnight as cars were caught in floodwaters,” Queensland Fire and Emergency said in a statement.

Flooding wreaked havoc in parts of the NSW Central West and Hunter Valley on Thursday and Friday

Police were involved in dozens of fast-water rescues in NSW and Queensland as floodwaters rose

‘Never drive, walk or ride in flood waters. If it’s flooded, forget it,’ the bureau warned.

Locals should also ‘take shelter, preferably indoors’ and stay away from fallen trees and electric wires.

During the afternoon, a ‘Flood Monitoring’ advisory was issued for 17 catchment areas in southern and eastern Queensland where “extensive flooding” is expected.

‘A trough over Queensland will bring more rain and thundershowers over most areas of Queensland over the next few days.’