{"id":216589,"date":"2011-01-06T13:46:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2011\/01\/06\/flooded-queensland-hit-by-fresh-rain-215819-eng\/"},"modified":"2011-01-06T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:46:59","slug":"flooded-queensland-hit-by-fresh-rain-215819-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/flooded-queensland-hit-by-fresh-rain-215819-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooded Queensland hit by fresh rain"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\nHeavy rain has been falling in eastern Australia, bringing fresh misery to flood-hit communities where hundreds of homes are already under water.<\/p>\n

Forecasters predict central and southern Queensland will be worst hit by the latest deluge, which will last into the weekend.<\/p>\n

In Rockhampton, however, waters are slowly starting to recede after the Fitzroy river peaked on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The town of St George is braced for the Balonne river to peak by Sunday.<\/p>\n

About 1,200 homes across Queensland have been inundated since heavy rains set in last month, with another 10,700 suffering some damage, officials say.<\/p>\n

Four thousand people have been forced from their homes.<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Bryan Rolstone, quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC, said the latest rain would fall in the Wide Bay-Burnett region, affecting Rockhampton and the city of Bundaberg, which has also already suffered severe flooding.<\/p>\n

State disaster co-ordinator Ian Stewart described the forecast as "worrying".<\/p>\n

"We’re watching the rain patterns very, very carefully," he said.
\nSandbags<\/p>\n

In Rockhampton the Fitzroy river was said to be receding very slowly, after hitting a peak of 9.2m (30ft) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But officials said they expected water levels to remain over 8.5m – the major flood level – for several more days.<\/p>\n

Local Mayor Brad Carter said that clean-up operations in the town of 75,000 people could take up to a year.<\/p>\n

Further south in St George, residents have filled about 10,000 sandbags and more were being prepared in an attempt to protect homes.<\/p>\n

But it now appears that water levels in the Balonne River will not rise as high as predicted.<\/p>\n

"The information we had originally was 14m on Saturday and possibly could creep just above that [on] Monday [or] Tuesday," ABC quoted Mayor Donna Stewart as saying.<\/p>\n

"The information that we’ve just had is that we’ll reduce that and that it will be under that 14m."<\/p>\n

Some residents have begun returning to Theodore, one of the first places to be swamped by the floods.<\/p>\n

But heavy rain delayed the return of the 150 residents of Condamine in south-west Queensland, who were airlifted to safety a week ago when the local river flooded.<\/p>\n

The town has no electricity or running water, and the schools and churches are also flooded.<\/p>\n

Even in parts of Queensland which are beginning to dry out, an influx of snakes is making it dangerous for people to return to their flooded homes.<\/p>\n

"There is a lot of snakes – and I mean a lot," Rockhampton resident Shane Muirhead told ABC. "Like every hundred yards you will see a snake. They are just everywhere."<\/p>\n

Saltwater crocodiles are posing another hazard.<\/p>\n

Rockhampton Mayor Brad Carter hit out at residents who refused to leave flooded homes, saying they put those who were getting supplies to them through snake-infested waters in danger.<\/p>\n

"We have taken a decision, and we make it very clear, that we cannot put emergency services resources at risk bringing in those supplies," he said.<\/p>\n

With natural disasters declared across an area of a million square kilometres, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the flooding was unprecedented in her state and had now directly affected 40 communities.<\/p>\n

She said floods that have closed dozens of mines, railways and ports would send coal and steel prices soaring.<\/p>\n

Queensland produces about half the world’s coking coal used to make steel.<\/p>\n

"Seventy-five percent of our mines are currently not operating because of this flood, so that’s a massive impact on the international markets and the international manufacture of steel," she told the Seven network TV station.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has appointed a cabinet minister, Joe Ludwig, to lead the reconstruction effort. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Heavy rain has been falling in eastern Australia, bringing fresh misery to flood-hit communities where hundreds of homes are already under water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":216588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\nHeavy rain has been falling in eastern Australia, bringing fresh misery to flood-hit communities where hundreds of homes are already under water.<\/p>\n

Forecasters predict central and southern Queensland will be worst hit by the latest deluge, which will last into the weekend.<\/p>\n

In Rockhampton, however, waters are slowly starting to recede after the Fitzroy river peaked on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The town of St George is braced for the Balonne river to peak by Sunday.<\/p>\n

About 1,200 homes across Queensland have been inundated since heavy rains set in last month, with another 10,700 suffering some damage, officials say.<\/p>\n

Four thousand people have been forced from their homes.<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Bryan Rolstone, quoted by Australian broadcaster ABC, said the latest rain would fall in the Wide Bay-Burnett region, affecting Rockhampton and the city of Bundaberg, which has also already suffered severe flooding.<\/p>\n

State disaster co-ordinator Ian Stewart described the forecast as "worrying".<\/p>\n

"We’re watching the rain patterns very, very carefully," he said.
\nSandbags<\/p>\n

In Rockhampton the Fitzroy river was said to be receding very slowly, after hitting a peak of 9.2m (30ft) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But officials said they expected water levels to remain over 8.5m – the major flood level – for several more days.<\/p>\n

Local Mayor Brad Carter said that clean-up operations in the town of 75,000 people could take up to a year.<\/p>\n

Further south in St George, residents have filled about 10,000 sandbags and more were being prepared in an attempt to protect homes.<\/p>\n

But it now appears that water levels in the Balonne River will not rise as high as predicted.<\/p>\n

"The information we had originally was 14m on Saturday and possibly could creep just above that [on] Monday [or] Tuesday," ABC quoted Mayor Donna Stewart as saying.<\/p>\n

"The information that we’ve just had is that we’ll reduce that and that it will be under that 14m."<\/p>\n

Some residents have begun returning to Theodore, one of the first places to be swamped by the floods.<\/p>\n

But heavy rain delayed the return of the 150 residents of Condamine in south-west Queensland, who were airlifted to safety a week ago when the local river flooded.<\/p>\n

The town has no electricity or running water, and the schools and churches are also flooded.<\/p>\n

Even in parts of Queensland which are beginning to dry out, an influx of snakes is making it dangerous for people to return to their flooded homes.<\/p>\n

"There is a lot of snakes – and I mean a lot," Rockhampton resident Shane Muirhead told ABC. "Like every hundred yards you will see a snake. They are just everywhere."<\/p>\n

Saltwater crocodiles are posing another hazard.<\/p>\n

Rockhampton Mayor Brad Carter hit out at residents who refused to leave flooded homes, saying they put those who were getting supplies to them through snake-infested waters in danger.<\/p>\n

"We have taken a decision, and we make it very clear, that we cannot put emergency services resources at risk bringing in those supplies," he said.<\/p>\n

With natural disasters declared across an area of a million square kilometres, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the flooding was unprecedented in her state and had now directly affected 40 communities.<\/p>\n

She said floods that have closed dozens of mines, railways and ports would send coal and steel prices soaring.<\/p>\n

Queensland produces about half the world’s coking coal used to make steel.<\/p>\n

"Seventy-five percent of our mines are currently not operating because of this flood, so that’s a massive impact on the international markets and the international manufacture of steel," she told the Seven network TV station.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has appointed a cabinet minister, Joe Ludwig, to lead the reconstruction effort. <\/p>\n

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