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Brisbane: 612 AM, 106.1 FM and Digital Radio
Gold Coast: 91.7 FM
Sunshine Coast: 90.3 FM and 95.3 FM
Hervey Bay and Fraser Coast: 855 AM
Southern Queensland: 747 AM and 104.9 FM
North Coast NSW: 94.5 FM and 720 AM
Glen Innes and surrounds: 819 AM
Grafton and surrounds: 738 AM
Coffs Harbour and Coffs Coast: 92.3 FM
Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Mid North Coast: 95.5 FM and 684 AM
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Excellent news about Brisbane River
Whereas some rivers are bursting, the Bureau of Meteorology’s Matthew Bass says the higher catchment of the Brisbane River above Wivenhoe Dam is “comparatively dry”.
He says this implies there’s just some restricted threat of flooding of the Brisbane River, which will probably be a aid to many Brisbane residents anxious a couple of repeat of 2022 or 2011.
Storm cell drops 71mm in a single hour: BOM
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Matthew Bass is talking once more on ABC Radio Brisbane.
He says he has two “major areas of concern”: the Sunshine Coast hinterland and western Brisbane.
He says the Sunshine Coast rain cell dropped a whopping 71mm on Yandina in only one hour.
“We’re nonetheless seeing the remnant impacts [of Alfred],” he says.
“We have had issues for areas of actually intense rainfall in a single day.”
Enoggera Creek Reservoir is at main flood degree, and he says different creeks in interior Brisbane are additionally experiencing reasonable flooding.
Matthew Bass additionally warns of important falls feeding into the Bremer River, which flows by means of Ipswich and feeds into the Brisbane River.
BREAKING: Emergency alert issued for residents in Brisbane suburb of Kenmore
Brisbane Metropolis Council has simply issued an emergency alert to residents within the Gubberley Creek Detention Basin space in Kenmore.
The council has issued a watch and act for a attainable failure of the Gubberley Creek Detention Basin in Kenmore.
Residents ought to put together to depart. Circumstances may change rapidly and residents ought to warn neighbours if secure to take action.
A recap of the newest emergency warnings
Southeast Queensland is being battered by rainfall in the mean time.
Here is the place we’re at by way of emergency warnings:
An Emergency Alert Take Shelter Now has been issued to the Laidley space from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council.
An Emergency Alert has been issued to Luscombe, Yatala, Stapylton, Alberton and Gilberton from the Metropolis of the Gold Coast. Residents are being urged it’s too harmful to depart now and to rise up excessive if you happen to’re close to water.
An Emergency Alert has been issued to Tamborine, Cedar Creek, Wolfdene, Bannockburn, Windaroo, Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh, and Eagleby from the Logan Metropolis Council. A serious flood of the Albert River is occurring now, and residents are warned it is too late to depart.
An Emergency Alert has been issued to Greenbank, New Beith, and Forestdale from the Logan Metropolis Council. A serious flood of Higher Oxley Creek is occurring now, and residents are being warned it is too late to depart. If you’re close to flood waters rise up as excessive as you’ll be able to the place you might be.
New emergency alert issued for Higher Oxley Creek
Within the final 20 minutes, Logan Metropolis Council has issued an emergency alert, warning that a significant flood of Higher Oxley Creek is occurring now.
Council advises harmful flooding is going on within the space, and urges Greenbank, New Beith, and Forestdale residents it’s too harmful to depart now.
If you’re close to flood waters rise up as excessive as you’ll be able to the place you might be.
That is along with main flood warnings for the Logan and Albert Rivers.
Newest BOM storm warning for storms hitting SEQ
(Provided: Bureau of Meteorology)
The most recent extreme thunderstorm warning has been issued for southeast Queensland by the Bureau of Meteorology at 1am.
They’re warning of two massive, very harmful thunderstorms monitoring over the area, impacting the Noosa and Sunshine Coast native council areas and the Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley council areas.
“The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 12:55 am, VERY DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS prone to produce intense rainfall that will result in harmful and life-threatening flash flooding have been detected,” it has warned.
Residents are being urged to take precautions.
Moist climate is continuous to lash the area, related to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
In a single day, 98 mm was recorded at Rosalie (Baroona Rd) within the 3 hours to 11:43 pm.
Rain cell may add to flooding emergency
On ABC Radio, Logan Metropolis Mayor Jon Raven provides that some native creek water ranges are literally dropping after a break within the rain.
However he warns a big rain cell presently over Brisbane is heading south, and if it does add additional water to these creeks, their ranges will “shoot again up”.
Residents of Tamborine, Cedar Creek, Wolfdene, Bannockburn, Windaroo, Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh, and Eagleby are presently beneath an emergency flood warning, and are being informed it’s too harmful to depart now.
Logan mayor says police doorknocking properties beneath menace
Logan metropolis Mayor Jon Raven is talking to Kat Feeney on ABC Radio Brisbane.
He says he is involved about flooding on the Albert River which is unfolding.
As we simply reported, there’s an emergency flood warning for main flooding for the Albert River.
He says police have been doorknocking properties which might be affected, and a few might be removed from the river itself.
That features main city centres of Beenleigh and Eagleby, that are a “enormous part of the town”.
“We’re telling folks to examine their threat and transfer to larger floor,” he says.
Alfred deluge sends ‘phenomenal’ ranges of rainfall to Brisbane and Gold Coast, says BOM
Matthew Bass, a senior forecaster on the Bureau of Meteorology, gave one other replace to ABC Radio simply earlier than.
He mentioned elements of Brisbane and the Gold Coast noticed a “fast ramp-up in rainfall within the final hour” because of these cells battering the areas.
“Principally from the CBD out in the direction of Ipswich, after which proper by means of Kenmore, Mount Cootha, and thru the Samford Valley — a few of the rainfall totals are attending to fairly phenomenal ranges,” he says.
Here is a fast whip round of a few of the highest rainfall totals since 9am Sunday.
Inexperienced Hill Reservoir: 295mm
Mount Cootha: 266mm
Brisbane Metropolis: 262mm
Bass mentioned some suburbs have skilled over 400mm of rain if we depend rainfall from earlier than 9am.
Alderley: 473mm
Mansfield Park: 414mm
“Actually huge numbers and other people actually need to heed the warnings and keep away from any low-lying areas,” Bass mentioned.
Emergency alert for Logan communities for main flood
A bit extra element has simply been issued by Logan Metropolis Council about flooding on the Albert River.
They’re warning {that a} main flood of the Albert River is occurring now.
An Emergency Alert has been issued to Tamborine, Cedar Creek, Wolfdene, Bannockburn, Windaroo, Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh, and Eagleby.
Council advises harmful flooding is going on within the space, and urges Tamborine, Cedar Creek, Wolfdene, Bannockburn, Windaroo, Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh, and Eagleby residents it’s too harmful to depart now.
‘Too harmful to depart’: Emergency alert issued for Logan, Gold Coast
Logan Metropolis Council has issued emergency warning for residents in Tamborine, Cedar Creek, Wolfdene, Bannockburn, Windaroo, Mt Warren Park, Beenleigh and Eagleby.
There may be additionally an emergency warning to take motion now for elements of the Gold Coast. The Emergency Alert is present for: Currumbin, Currumbin Valley, Tallebudgera, Tallebudgera Valley and Elanora.
The Metropolis of Gold Coast has issued an Emergency warning and advises the folks within the Luscombe, Yatala, Stapylton, Alberton and Gilberton areas to remain in place, it’s TOO DANGEROUS TO LEAVE. Stand up as excessive as you’ll be able to the place you might be.
BoM says rain totals topping 200mm in interior Brisbane
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Matthew Bass has simply given an replace to ABC Radio Brisbane.
He says a extreme thunderstorm is presently transferring by means of Brisbane, dropping between 40 and 45mm of rain within the final hour.
“That can in all probability preserve transferring by means of the western and southwestern suburbs within the coming hours,” he says.
“We all know that a number of these interior metropolis suburbs are fairly flood inclined.”
The deluge attributable to ex-tropical cyclone Alfred has resulted in enormous rainfall totals throughout Brisbane, together with 213mm within the Brisbane CBD since 9am Sunday.
He says the Enoggera Reservoir was spilling at excessive ranges and urged Brisbane residents to keep away from native waterways.
Newest warning for extreme thunderstorms hitting SEQ
The Bureau of Meteorology has simply launched the newest extreme thunderstorm warning for southeast Queensland.
It’s warning of intense rainfall with very harmful thunderstorms for elements of the Gympie, Brisbane Metropolis, Moreton Bay and Ipswich Council Areas.
The Bureau is warning that the very harmful thunderstorms are: “prone to produce intense rainfall that will result in harmful and life-threatening flash flooding have been detected close to the ranges between Gympie and Murgon, Boondall, Sandgate and Brighton”.
“These thunderstorms are gradual transferring. They’re forecast to have an effect on Brisbane CBD by 11:05 pm and the realm southwest of Gympie and Brisbane Airport by 11:35 pm.”
(Provided: Bureau of Meteorology)
Two different storms, together with a big one threatening the northern Gold Coast, have been faraway from this newest warning.
The BoM says 147mm of rain was recorded at Kingsholme (close to the M1 on the Gold Coast) within the three hour to eight:54pm tonight.
Monitoring rainfall as Alfred strikes inland
We have seen a number of water already right now and there’s extra on the way in which. Here is a take a look at rainfall totals, courtesy of our associates at ABC Information Story Lab.
You may try rainfall totals and wind speeds by testing the article beneath.
Northern Gold Coast ‘space of concern’, BOM says
Matthew Bass is a senior forecaster on the Bureau of Meteorology and gave one other replace to ABC Radio Brisbane not way back.
He mentioned heavy rainfall totals over the previous three hours have made the northern Gold Coast an space of concern.
“The previous couple of hours we have seen tons of of millimetres,” he says.
“There may be a number of water on the bottom and important flash flooding in that space so that’s the major space of concern in the mean time, by means of that northern Gold Coast space.
The Gold Coast cell is “not transferring a terrific deal” however the a number of cells over Brisbane, which introduced intense rainfall, are “tending to maneuver by means of a bit extra rapidly”.
Metropolis of Gold Coast points ‘too late to depart’ warning
The Metropolis of Gold Coast has suggested residents within the Luscombe, Yatala, Stapylton, Alberton and Gilberton areas to remain in place as it’s now too late to depart.
Residents are being warned to “rise up as excessive as you’ll be able to the place you might be”.
There may be main flooding occurring on the Albert River at Beenleigh, with the water degree additionally rising within the Logan River.
Roads at the moment are prone to be flooded.
If you’re close to floodwater, chances are you’ll have to rise up as excessive as you’ll be able to.
Emergency warning issued for Laidley within the Lockyer Valley
Residents within the Lockyer Valley city of Laidley are being warned to “take secure shelter now” as harmful flooding is prone to happen within the space within the coming hours.
The warning urges these to warn neighbours, safe belongings and take secure shelter or search larger floor.
An evacuation centre is open at Laidley State Excessive College.
What can a soggy southeast Queensland count on subsequent?
ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders has been monitoring Alfred’s actions and forecasting what’s to come back.
Already, some areas have obtained over 800mm of rain, and residents of the Fraser Coast right now copped a deluge.
However these hoping Alfred’s impacts are weakening are set to be dissatisfied, with the system persevering with to tug rain onto shores throughout southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales.
Learn Tom Saunders’ breakdown of what Alfred is anticipated to do subsequent:
