Emergency services in Queensland have been inundated with calls for assistance following a deluge of heavy rain in parts of the state overnight.
Residents in south-east Queensland face a major clean-up this morning, as pockets south of Brisbane received over 200mm of rain in under five hours.
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SES crews carried out 6 flood rescues overnight, Redland Bay copped 120mm of rain in one hour. (Twitter) Our SES volunteers are currently dealing with about 170 calls for assistance, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Assistant Commissioner John Bolger told
Today.
Emergency services have urged the community to remain vigilant. Unfortunately, our swift and flood water rescue crews had to attend six separate events where cars were in floodwaters. Some of those were people who chose to drive into the flood water and ended up putting their lives at risk and the lives of our firefighters as well, Mr Bolger said.
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