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The couple’s property backs on to Retreat Creek, which they watched rise rapidly throughout the morning. “We’re stranded and we can’t go anywhere except up Graves Hill,” she said. “It’s a little scary. We could be in trouble but we’re prepared to evacuate.” Mrs Willcott said she woke at midnight to pouring rain, thunder and lightning. The rain gauge was already full at 130mm when she checked it at 3am on Wednesday, March 17. Retreat Creek floods mining claim at the Gemfields: Sandy Willcott captured the footage from her mining claim at G...

Premium Content Subscriber only Cars and equipment are sitting in metres of floodwaters after Sapphire received a deluge of rain in the early hours of Wednesday morning, prompting a major flood. Emergency services have spent the morning rescuing people from the roofs of houses and cars, with all rescues successful and no injuries reported. Blue Gem looking across to the Trading Post. Pic: Lorraine Schou. All roads to Rubyvale and Sapphire have now been closed and drivers are being urged to not attempt to drive the roads. The roads are not expected to be open for a number of hours.

The alleged offender faced court on Thursday.