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Gold Coast severe weather warnings cancelled after intense rains, flash flooding swamps streets ThuThursday 17 DecDecember 2020 at 10:44pm Severe weather warnings have been cancelled for the Gold Coast region after intense rains and flash flooding left streets under water. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Gold Coast is expected to be granted a reprieve from wild weather today with conditions set to ease across south-east Queensland after a torrid week of heavy rain and flash flooding. Key points: Severe weather warnings have been cancelled across south-east Queensland The southern end of th...

Thanks to torrential rain, Brisbane became as humid as Cairns, Darwin We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Thanks to torrential rain, Brisbane became as humid as Cairns, Darwin Normal text size Advertisement After south-east Queensland copped a drenching at the weekend, Brisbane's humidity has spiked to levels usually seen in cities in Australia's far northern tropics such as Cairns and Darwin. In three days, Upper Springbrook in the Scenic Rim recorded almost 900 millimetres, the Gold Coast Seaway neared 200mm, Landsborough on the Sunshine Coa...

Emergency food flown to campers cut off by swollen creeks We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Emergency food flown to campers cut off by swollen creeks Normal text size Advertisement The rainfall has eased across Queensland's south-eastern corner but swollen Scenic Rim creeks have surrounded 11 campers, cutting off their access to essential supplies. The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter, usually used for surf lifesaving operations, was sent to the Canungra campsite on Tuesday to deliver fresh food and water to the stranded campers. The Canu...

A rain gauge in south-east Queensland has recorded more rainfall in the last four days than some of Australia's capitals often receive in a year. During the weather event likened to a category one cyclone, Upper Springbrook, in the Gold Coast hinterland, received 952 millimetres during the 96 hours to 9am on Tuesday. This figure includes 475 millimetres that fell during the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday, and over 200 millimetres for each of the following two 24 hour periods. RELATED: Water spills over a road at Sprinbrook, in the Gold Coast hinterland. (Nine) The four-day total was higher tha...

Weather by Shiloh Payne Premium Content Subscriber only As the southeast was lashed with a deluge of rain and destructive high tides across the weekend, the rain fell short of the regions that needed it the most. While Upper Springbrook recorded almost 1000mm of rain in the past five days, only 300km away on the Granite Belt, Stanthorpe was left with little respite from dry conditions, with 20mm falling in the last week, and Oakey on the Darling Downs only received 30mm. Beaches on the Gold Coast were yesterday whipped into a foam frenzy after the wild we...