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Premium Content Subscriber only A Sapphire business owner has praised the efforts of the local SES and Sergeant Paul Cognet on their swift responses to the major floods early on Wednesday morning. Blue Gem Tourist Park owner Ewan Letts was woken to the news about 3.30am there had been a huge downpour in the catchment of Retreat Creek and he needed to evacuate his guests. There was around six vans in the park that needed to be moved to higher ground. “We were able to evacuate them without a drama,” Mr Letts said. “The creek had risen dramatically to what it normally was … they had some...

Flooding in Queensland's Central Highlands sees parts of Sapphire township evacuated By Lia Walsh, Chrissy Arthur and Paul Culliver Posted 4 updated 4 MarMarch 2021 at 10:33am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Share Print text only Cancel Low-lying homes in the central Queensland township of Sapphire have been evacuated and some people have been rescued from rooftops after a severe storm dumped more than 200 millimetres of rain early this morning. Up to 215 millimetres fell into the Retreat Creek catchment, rapidly pus...