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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.

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...

Premium Content Subscriber only Many roads across the Central Highlands and Isaac regions remain closed following heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours. Residents in the Gemfields have been closed in from the north and south, with both Anakie Sapphire Road and Capella Road closed in both directions due to flooding. It is understood that Retreat Creek Bridge reopened about 1pm on March 17. Areas of the Gemfields recorded more than 200mm early Wednesday morning, which also resulted in the rapid rise of Retreat Creek, flooding parts of Sapphire. The Department of Transport and Main Roads report...