Seashores, roads closed as rain continues in SEQ

Up to now, SES has acquired 167 requests from the Brisbane and Sunshine coasts and Fraser about leaking roofs and sandbags.

One individual on the Fraser Coast was rescued in a single day and brought to Bauple safely.

Extreme climate warnings for heavy rain are in impact for south-east Queensland, particularly the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Caboolture, Coolangatta and Ipswich.

A climate warning issued at 5 a.m. Sunday forecast {that a} low-pressure system off the Sunshine Coast will transfer slowly south all through the day, reaching the Gold Coast area later this night.

“The system is more than likely to stay close to the far south Queensland coast and is prone to transfer proper into the south coast of Brisbane this afternoon and this night.

“The low is predicted to maneuver quicker south on Monday.”

Heavy rainfall may result in flash floods that would have an effect on components of the southeastern coastal districts all through in the present day.

Six-hour whole rainfall of 90 mm to 150 mm is feasible in these areas, whereas 24-hour whole precipitation could attain 300 mm alongside the coast and vary.

The climate warning mentioned: “The beginning of heavy rainfall will happen this morning, then will step by step lower southward throughout the day.”

A posh backside sample is prone to prevail within the area of the state subsequent week, with an higher backside prone to enhance rainfall in southern Queensland over the weekend and into the week, the company mentioned. coming,” the workplace mentioned.

Amid issues with climate warnings, some Brisbane residents mentioned on this entrance web page that they acquired as much as 5 textual content messages warning of extreme climate yesterday, whereas others fully miss out.

Mayor Adrian Schrinner additionally wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “Message despatched at 12:35pm, nevertheless, there have been studies of messages arriving greater than six hours late simply earlier than 7pm.”