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Catastrophe declaration in place for Toowoomba, together with Laidley and Lockyer Valley

Chelepy says all of the at-risk properties of Laidley, which is experiencing vital flooding, and surrounding suburbs together with Rosewood and Grantham, have been door knocked by police.

A catastrophe declaration has been put in place this morning for Toowoomba, together with Laidley and Lockyer Valley, and there are two emergency alerts in place for Lockyer Valley and Laidley.

Chelepy says:

We’re anticipating the Warrego freeway to stay closed for a while, that can impression the roads throughout this space. Now we have deployed further assets into this space and pre-positioned these assets so no matter what roads are minimize off, we’re in a position to reply whether or not or not it’s from the west or the east, or the north.

Lacking 18-year-old male from Logan discovered protected and nicely this morning

Shane Chelepy, appearing Queensland police commissioner, is addressing the media now

Police have situated the lacking 18-year-old male from Logan protected and nicely this morning following a search-and-rescue at Logan Reserve in a single day, Chelepy says. He thanks the general public for his or her assist in offering info to police.

Chelepy says along with the assets already deployed, an additional 249 cops are out in the neighborhood at present in affected areas, together with 117 officers from the far north of the state and one other 107 SES personnel arriving from interstate.

Extreme climate warning for Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast areas, together with Ipswich

The Bureau of Meteorology is anticipating very heavy to intense rainfall throughout the extreme climate warning space, resulting in “harmful and life-threatening flash flooding”.

The extreme climate warning space consists of Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast areas, together with Ipswich. Anticipated rainfall totals over six hours are within the vary of 80mm to 120mm, the Bureau’s spokesperson says.

The final 24 hours has already seen vital rainfall – among the most vital consists of 433mm at Diamond Creek on the Sunshine Coast, 410mm at Wongawallan, inland from the Gold Coast, 340mm at Mount Coot-Tha within the Brisbane space, and greater than 300mm within the Brisbane metropolitan space.

The Bureau’s spokesperson says:

I simply wish to stress, we’re nonetheless in a extreme climate warning and there may be nonetheless vital flooding occurring all through south-east Queensland. The scenario does stay ongoing. We’re nonetheless forecasting an easing within the climate later Monday afternoon, however the flooding will proceed.

BoM says rain has eased in some components however ‘threat just isn’t over’

A spokesperson from the Bureau of Meteorology is chatting with media in Queensland now. She reiterates that at present can be a difficult day within the state:

Earlier this morning, we have been monitoring thunderstorms across the Cherbourg, Somerset and Lockyer Valley council areas, wherein have been producing 50mm of rainfall in an hour. And we did see totals as much as 140mm in three hours in these thunderstorms. I’m happy to report that the thunderstorms have now eased and the rainfall charges have dropped to a extra common 10mm an hour or so.

Nonetheless, the chance just isn’t over. Now we have a extreme climate warning remaining present for south-east Queensland areas and it extends from Gympie, or to the north of Gympie, I ought to say, all the way down to the Queensland border and westward to incorporate areas of Toowoomba and out to Goondiwindi.

Premier says 463 state colleges and 259 impartial and Catholic colleges nonetheless closed

And now we have some college numbers. Crisafulli says 463 state colleges and 259 impartial and Catholic colleges stay closed, whereas 200 colleges re-opened at present.

He stated:

I wish to guarantee dad and mom that getting your youngsters safely again to highschool stays a precedence for us, and I’m aware that that’s the distinction between police officer, well being skilled, somebody working on the grocery store, somebody working on the petrol station, with the ability to return serve their neighborhood and earn a dwelling.

So ensuring that we do that’s proper on the prime of thoughts.

‘Very troublesome 24 hours’ for Hervey Bay

We talked about earlier Hervey Bay has been hit laborious yesterday, now Crisafulli says the injury is in depth.

It’s been a really troublesome 24 hours for Hervey Bay.

While the climate circumstances are beginning to look a bit higher, we urge that neighborhood to clearly keep related. Now we have SES and Queensland Fireplace Division on the bottom in the intervening time doing a few issues. At first, serving to with injury assessments. And we, as you don’t know the dimensions of the injury, however we do have intel on the bottom to recommend it’s vital.

Crisafulli says there are nonetheless 200,000 properties and companies with out energy

Crisafulli:

Up to now 24 hours, Energex has reconnected about 140,000 Queensland properties and companies, however there’s nonetheless over 200,000 with out energy, and I wish to converse to these 200,000 individuals at present.

I perceive how a lot this has impacted you, and the impacts on meals, your loved ones, your psychological well being, your capacity to have the ability to keep related. These crews are working across the clock.

And we guarantee you that getting energy reconnected is on the prime of on the prime of our checklist proper now.

He says crews have been working across the lock final night time to pre-emptively ensure that an additional 100,000 properties didn’t lose energy.

Busiest 24-hour interval ever for SES, Crisfulli says

Crisafulli involved about Lockyer Valley and Ipswich

On the Lockyer Valley, Crisafulli stated:

It’s a significant space of focus for us proper now, a really severe storm cell is transferring in that space, and in a single day there have been door knocks in areas like Laidley and Grantham, two communities which can be no strangers to flooding – and so they have confirmed time and time once more what a resilient a part of the world.

Crisafulli warns of ‘prospect of extra intense flooding’ at present

‘Water’s up over our gate,’ Peter Dutton says from Queensland

On Sky Information earlier, Peter Dutton additionally revealed he’s trapped in his residence in Queensland.

He stated:

Hopefully it recedes shortly, however in the intervening time a number of of us are trapped at residence, together with ourselves. Luckily our home is okay, however the water’s up over our entrance gate in order that’s the truth in the intervening time.

The emergency service staff and the council staff are doing a tremendous job, Pete, however numerous households, numerous companies are actually closely impacted once more this morning.

The PM is predicted to talk throughout the subsequent hour in Lismore. I’ll deliver you that when he’s up!

Water, water in every single place: the aftermath of Alfred in footage

I simply wish to take a minute to attract your consideration to this picture essay now we have up of the cyclone injury – they’re intense, however the final one is sort of heartwarming:

Peter Dutton responds to fundraiser criticism

Premier David Crisafulli can be up quickly – I’ll deliver you that when he’s on.

Minns adamant NSW ‘not ready to run everlasting evacuation centres’

I can’t convey the tone over the weblog, however when he was requested a follow-up query in regards to the centres, Minns received pissed off:

There’ll be no evacuation facilities closing whereas there’s an evacuation order that’s nonetheless excellent, however as soon as the evacuation orders have been lifted, we aren’t ready to run everlasting evacuation centres. That’s very clear.

Evacuation centres ‘not long-term options for homelessness’, Minns says

Minns is again up and he has been requested in regards to the closure of evacuation centres:

It’s a perennial drawback we don’t have. We’ve received an actual, urgent housing drawback, significantly on the north coast. I believe that the Northern Rivers area is likely one of the highest areas of homelessness within the state, if not the nation.

He stated the federal government dedicated $5 billion for social housing within the final funds.

Evacuation centres usually are not going to be long-term options for homelessness on the Northern Rivers. And I simply wish to be actually clear and clear. They’ll’t function longer than they have been meant to.