Weather by Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Jo Glover and Nathan Edwards 18th Jan 2021 1:38 PM | Updated: 8:05 PM
Premium Content Two very dangerous thunderstorms are moving across southeast Queensland this evening. Severe thunderstorms have dumped more than 100mm in an hour to some regions and are expected to last into the evening. The latest alert warns of life-threatening flash flooding . The latest southeast warning, for heavy rainfall and damaging winds, was issued at 7.14pm for people in Redland City, Sunshine Coast and parts of Gympie, Logan, Somerset, South Burnett, Gold Coast, Noosa, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay council areas. The updated severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the state’s south, issued at 7.14pm. Picture: BoM
Weather by Tobias Jurss-Lewis, Jo Glover and Nathan Edwards 18th Jan 2021 1:38 PM | Updated: 8:05 PM
Premium Content Two very dangerous thunderstorms are moving across southeast Queensland this evening. Severe thunderstorms have dumped more than 100mm in an hour to some regions and are expected to last into the evening. The latest alert warns of life-threatening flash flooding . The latest southeast warning, for heavy rainfall and damaging winds, was issued at 7.14pm for people in Redland City, Sunshine Coast and parts of Gympie, Logan, Somerset, South Burnett, Gold Coast, Noosa, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay council areas. The updated severe thunderstorm warning for parts of the state’s south, issued at 7.14pm. Picture: BoM
Community advocates are urging the Gympie regionâs housing crisis be fixed as it continues to impact some of the highest socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the country.
Census data captured in 2016 (the most recent available) revealed Tin Can Bay and the Toolara Forest areas were not only the most socio-economically disadvantaged in the Gympie region â based on its SEIFA (Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas) score â but in the country; 94 per cent of other Australian suburbs were better off.
This was followed closely by Gympie city.
The northern areas of Curra, Gunalda and Corella had the third highest level of disadvantage in the region, with Cooloola Cove and Rainbow Beach, and the Kilkivan and Goomeri districts rounding out the âtopâ five.
Police stats for the Gympie region in 2020 revealed some surprising results, including one town where crime has plumetted 25% and another where it’s on the rise