Floodwaters Continue to Rise in Queensland, Australia
(NTD Television)
(NTD Television)
Authorities have issued emergency alerts as flood water continues to run into already overflowing rivers and tributaries, ABC said.
“For many communities we haven’t even seen the peak of the flood waters yet, that’s a number of days away,” said Julia Gillard, Australia’s Prime Minister, according to AFP.
“Some communities are seeing flood waters higher than they’ve seen in decades”, she added, “and for some communities flood waters have never reached these levels before (in) the time that we have been recording floods.”
The Dalby community, on the northern Darling Downs, might soon be out of drinking water with just two days left after the region’s water treatment plant was inundated, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Queensland’s south-east coastal town, Bundaberg, is seeing the worst floods in some 60 years with the swollen Burnett River continuing to rise, cutting the town in two.
Bundaberg Deputy Mayor Tony Ricciardi said the Burnett River reached 7.9 meters about 5 a.m. Thursday, as warned by the weather bureau.
“We have a few homes that are totally underwater. Another 400 would at least have had water come in over the floor.”
Meanwhile, hundreds of motorists travelling the main Bruce Highway have been left stranded and turned away from the towns enroute.
