/ 10 January 2022

Just go away, Seth…

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

Queensland just can’t catch a good weather break at the moment… At one point on Saturday,15 people were unaccounted for as a weekend of dangerous floods topped off a hectic week. One of the worst-off areas is the Wide Bay-Burnett region – some parts recorded more than 670mm of rain in the 24 hours before Saturday morning. For context, that’s more than half of Sydney’s annual rainfall… And the search continued yesterday for a missing 14yo girl who was washed away in floodwaters near Gympie on Saturday morning. In Maryborough, residents in the town centre were urged to evacuate yesterday afternoon when a temporary flood levee gave way. A bit further south, a man died when his ute became submerged in floodwaters at Kanigan, north of Brisbane, on Friday night. The weather bureau says it’s all because ex-tropical Cyclone Seth brought “unexpected” heavy rain over an extended period – something of a rarity. Meanwhile, Far North Queenslanders are bracing for Cyclone Tiffany

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