HEAVY rainfall will continue to batter Queensland with parts of the state expecting three months worth of rain by the end of March. A flood emergency is unfolding in Queensland s Central Highlands with some people losing everything.
Flood warnings, severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall continued across large parts of the state s south overnight, as residents from the rural town of Sapphire were evacuated from the rooves of homes and cars before dawn yesterday. Flash flooding caused Retreat Creek to rise over 9m in a matter of hours impacting many low-lying properties in the town. Â Â More heavy rainfall and flash flooding was predicted for the coastline of Capricornia overnight with predictions of 100-200mm intense rainfall within several hours, with locally intense falls in excess of 200mm possible.
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