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Why the warning siren didn t sound during Sapphire flood
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Why the warning siren didn t sound during Sapphire flood
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The coupleâs property backs on to Retreat Creek, which they watched rise rapidly throughout the morning.
âWeâre stranded and we canât go anywhere except up Graves Hill,â she said.
âItâs a little scary. We could be in trouble but weâre prepared to evacuate.â
Mrs Willcott said she woke at midnight to pouring rain, thunder and lightning. The rain gauge was already full at 130mm when she checked it at 3am on Wednesday, March 17.
Retreat Creek floods mining claim at the Gemfields: Sandy Willcott captured the footage from her mining claim at Graves Hill, showing the rapidly rising Retreat Creek after receiving more than 130mm in the early hours of March 17.
Flooding in Queensland s Central Highlands sees parts of Sapphire township evacuated
By Lia Walsh, Chrissy Arthur and Paul Culliver
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MarMarch 2021 at 10:33am
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Low-lying homes in the central Queensland township of Sapphire have been evacuated and some people have been rescued from rooftops after a severe storm dumped more than 200 millimetres of rain early this morning.
Up to 215 millimetres fell into the Retreat Creek catchment, rapidly pushing the creek which skirts the southern end of the town to a major flood level.
WATCH: Residents stranded at mining claim amid major flood
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