The two-vehicle collision occurred on Wivenhoe Pocket Rd about 12.40pm. Paramedics assessed a total of six patients at the scene. Two of the patients escaped uninjured and did not require further treatment. The remaining patients were transported to Ipswich Hospital in a stable condition. Queensland Police and Queensland Fire and Rescue Service said crews were not required at the scene. More to come.
What astounds about floods in Brisbane is that they continue to take us by surprise
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Brisbane has flooded many times this is Charlotte Street in 1893.
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A decade ago, as Brisbane s record floods receded, many residents were left shocked and awed that such a devastating inundation could happen to a modern city.
But while there is no denying Queensland s rainfall events of late 2010 and early 2011 were exceptional, Brisbane had flooded before and it will flood again.
It is a history we can ill afford to forget as we continue to live and build on the flood plain.
What a difference a decade makes: Wivenhoe Dam then and now
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Wivenhoe Dam reached its highest-ever level on January 11, 2011 – a day like no other for the main supplier of Brisbane s drinking water.
On that fateful day, Seqwater, the manager of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams, was urgently juggling the rate of dam water releases to prevent a major flooding problem for Ipswich and Brisbane.
Water being released from Wivenhoe Dam on January 11, 2011. The dam reached its highest-ever level on this day.
Queenslanders share their memories of the 2011 floods on tenth anniversary of disaster
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Cars float in surging floodwaters down main street of Toowoomba after an inland tsunami hit the city on January 10, 2011
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Queenslanders share their memories of the floods of 2011 after an inland tsunami thrust cars into trees, water tanks onto roads and swept away an entire town, killing 36 people.
The first sound Murray Imms remembers was the roar of the water surging towards his Lockyer Valley home.
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IT WAS the biggest flood the people of Ipswich had seen since 1974, and for some, memories were hazy at best by the time 2011 came around.
When the floods hit full steam across Ipswich on the morning of Wednesday January 12, people were already prepared for the worst, but they were still in for a shock.
In the few days leading up to the peak, we had already witnessed tragedy in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, and with water also being released from a rapidly filling Wivenhoe Dam, it was pretty clear something awful was headed our way.