IMPORTANT: This page contains information, updates and pictures about the QLD Floods on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Please visit this page for updates, pictures, about the recovery stage from Friday 14th January and about the floods in Goondiwindi.
This page information is correct as of Thursday 13th January. For up-to-date information about the floods, please visit here.
This page will be constantly updated providing news, video’s and pictures about the Queensland floods in Brisbane City, Toowoomba and surrounding area’s.
Key Notes
- Deaths: 15 people
- Missing: 61 (originally 70) people
- Brisbane River peak height: 4.46 metres around 5am
- Current Brisbane River Height: 3.65 metres at 5pm
- Homes flooded: Fully – 11900, Partially: 14700
- Businesses Flooded: Fully – 2500, Partially: 2500
- Towns Affected: 70
- Streets flooded: 2100 (view list of roads expected to be flooded)
- Number in evacuation centres: Over 4000 people in 57 evacuation centres
- People without power: 87000– aiming to be 30 000 Friday night 10pm
- People affected: Up to 40000 people
- Donations: $35,868,270 as off 11am 12th Jan (Donate here)
Contacts Information
In Emergencies
- Life threatening Emergencies: Dial 000 or 112 for mobiles
- SES QLD: 132 500 for assistance with rising water
- RACQ: Road Closure information – 1300 130 595 and RACQ roadside assistance 131 905
- Toowoomba local disaster coordination centre: 07 4688 6992
- Disaster Recovery Hotline: 1800 173 349
- Police Link: 131 444 for non-urgent matters
- Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000
- Energex: 13 19 62 (to report power faults)
- Evacuation Centres: RNA and Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre (formerly ANZ Stadium and QEII Stadium) are evacuation stations
- Emergency Centrelink Payment: 180 22 66
Information
- Flood information hotline: 1300 993 191, Overseas +61 7 3055 6200 (for relative and friends seeking information about people in flood affected area’s
- Evacuees from Toowoomba or Lockyer Valley who have not registered with an evacuation centre are urged to call 1300 993 191
- Queensland Health Disaster Management Information
- Flood Support and Assistance Links
- Brisbane City Council Website – Alternative Mirror Site if it’s down
- BOM: (Bureau of Meteorology) Updates for QLD available at www.bom.gov.au/qld
- Queensland Police Service: Twitter and Facebook
- Donate to QLD Floods: http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html
- River Heights: Brisbane and Wivenhoe Dam & Brisbane, Pine, Caboolture Rivers
- Wivenhoe Dame Release Information
- Information about Floods and instructions
- 2011 Brisbane Floods on Wikipedia
Updates
Updates are in Chronological order
- Official Updates from QLD Police Service 3:30pm Thursday Press Conference
- Wesley Hospital is cut from road access. Hospital is still operational.
- Tropical Cyclone in North – will be a few days before Brisbane see’s an impact from it
- No further deaths in Lockyer Valley after completed clearance of rail bridge
- Lockyer Valley running low on drinking water. 13 water trucks to top up reservoirs 24/7
- Goondiwindi Floods to reach 10.85 meters (Levee 11 metres)
- Access to Coronation Drive
- Amazing Stat Aftermath from Hurricane Katrina = 223,000m2 Aftermath from Qld Floods = 1,000,000m2
- Roma residents urged not to “Panic Buy”
- Brisbane river expected to raise back up to 4.2 metres during high tide
- Brisbane Transport Information
- The Island Party boat and Moggill Ferry are secure
- People on Boats – look up at powerlines as power is being restored in some suburbs
- Brisbane residents should treat their hoses as electrically “live” until checked by electricians. Homes will not be reconnected to homes until they are certified by electricians and deemed safe
- Estimated 2 years to rebuilt Brisbane
- A message for all displaced Lockyer Valley residents
- Homes may be uninhabitable
- 19 Helicopters in Brisbane for rescues and recovery efforts
- Only use water that you need
- A warning to Queensland for more bad news of death
- Temporary Mobile phone towers erected
- Power will be switched on in some suburbs
- No emergency recues overnight (Wed night/Thur Morning)
- Rockhampton roads will be cut into the weekend
- 4500 people isolated in NSW floods
- Gold Coast Desalination plant will be a backup water and drinking supply
- Moggill Ferry has broken one of its guide ropes. 1.5tonne anchor will secure it
- Brisbane party Boat “The Island” may be sunk to avoid destruction with bridges. May occur overnight
- Floating walkway around New Farm may be split into sections and dismantled/disposed of
- Flood waters potentially contaminated – tap water safe
- It will take 2 years to rebuild state
- Riverside Expressway Closed. Live image available
- Brisbane local area – water safe to drink. Only 2 to 3 days waters consumption
- CityCat infrastructure, likely to be destroyed
- Brisbane River level: 4.16 meters
- Flood peak expected to hit Brisbane at 5.5m 4am Thursday
- e-Coli detected in Chinchilla water supply – residents advised to boil water for 3 minutes
- Information driving out of the city
- Sewage pouring into Brisbane River
- Brisbane River Reaches 4 Meters
- ISP Infrastructure Update: iiNet (has lost connectivity in Perth), Telstra, Optus, Internode (Brisbane has lost connectivity)
- 1:30pm Media Conference Main Points
- Google Map view of all floods and road closures
- All tolls on Logan and Gateway Motorway are suspended until further notice
- 850 People evacuated in Grafton NSW
- Brisbane CBD is shut down
- Brisbane River level: 3.71 meters
- Inner City Bypass closed
- Flooding well underway within CBD
- Buses are no longer running. Trains are on a holiday schedule and can access the CBD. A message from Queensland Police Service.
- There is a transformer fire at Suncorp Stadium. Image of Fire
- Be careful in water in case the water is live
- Next update at 11:30am
- ATM’s around Brisbane may be out of cash
- Bligh – Don’t use water as water treatment plants may be affected by flood damage
- People panic and been stealing food supplies
- Centerlink is closed including hundreds of other businesses.
- Port of Brisbane is closed and will be used for emergency use only
- Expected peak to 20.5 meters
- Brisbane river to reach 4.5 meters today and rise to 5.5 meters at 4am Thursday morning, currently 3.1 metres
- Search and rescue effort in Lockey Valley
- 50000 homes and businesses power has been cut for safety reasons
- ISP’s hit to Flood Damage – iiNet/Internode now use a non-redundant network configuration, Optus uses backup power
- Controlled releases from Wivenhoe Dam decreasing
- Ipswich expected to reach 16m river height
- 4 homes have been destroyed by deliberately lit fire in Perth in Western Australia
- Power to be cut to most of Brisbane CBD from 7am Wed 12.
- Sunshine Coast Flood Update
- High-tide expected tomorrow morning
- Reports that some Supermarkets have now ran out of bread and milk
- Wivenhoe dam now at 190%
- Telstra phone network is congested – all urged to limit calls
- 75% of QLD now declared a disaster zone
- Emergency crews door knocking telling people to evacuate
- Somerset and Wivenhoe dams now over 150% and raising now reported to be over 190%. Critical level is 200%
- Ipswich Show Grounds have been setup as an evacuation centre
- Water levels to increase tomorrow and peak on Thursday
- Brisbane river banks burst
- More floods to come as water releases at Wivenhoe dam and King Tides
- Caboolture and Straithpine residents are urged to find higher grounds as all roads have been blocked. Update Morayfield Road at Centenary Lakes reopened. View webcam image
- Water is being continually tested and is safe
- Premier Bligh says death toll could double and holds particular fears for children
- Brisbane River to reach 5.4 metres on Thursday
- Media press conferences will be held every two hours
- ABC News 24 Anna Bligh Press Conference live now
- Media conference has been postponed to 3pm
- Public Transport will not stop at 2pm despite rumours
- Brisbane CBD being NOT evacuated
- RNA Showground’s Evacuation Centre Confirmed
News Services
Area’s Affected
- A full list of Brisbane streets expected to be affected by floods have been listed at Brisbane Times
- View road closures at http://highload.131940.qld.gov.au/ (Also available on Google Map)
- There are a total of 80 suburbs affected by evacuations
Suburbs to be affected
Last updated 11/01/11
- Albion
- Auchenflower
- Bowen Hills
- Brisbane City
- Bulimba
- Caboolture
- Chelmer
- Coorparoo
- East Brisbane
- Fairfield
- Fig Tree Pocket
- Fortitude Valley
- Graceville
- Hemmant
- Indooroopilly
- Kangaroo Point
- Lytton
- Milton
- Moggill
- Murrarie
- New Farm
- Newstead
- Norman Park
- Oxley
- Pinkenba
- Rocklea
- Sherwood
- South Brisbane
- Tennyson
- Yeronga
- Yerongpilly
- Windsor
- Wacol
What You Can Do
- Driving in Brisbane, please still follow road rules as they are still enforced and police are still patrolling streets
- If you have found a missing person, please call the same number you registered with notifying authorities of the missing person
- Help people in Brisbane who needs assistance. Please register to volunteer, or here if the main site is down, or call 07 3002 7600
- Please be aware of email scams asking for Flood Donations. Please donate to http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html and RSPCA QLD
- Only use the phone in emergencies – do not congest telephone lines
- Donate to QLD Floods at http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html
- Check with neighbours, children and elderly people you know in the area’s
- Donate to RSPCA Queensland to save those animals and pets affected by the Brisbane Floods
- Register on Red Cross National Registration and Inquiry System
- Open up your WiFi network in flooded suburbs
- Do not travel around Brisbane unless Necessary
Video’s/Pictures/Live Streams
Recommended
- Listen to QLD Police Live Audio Feed
- Video of the Toowoomba Tsunami
- View Brisbane’s Live Traffic Webcams or view Camera’s on Google Maps
- Animation on how much Brisbane will be under water if it rises to 7 metres. 1974 floods reached 6.6 metres
- Toowoomba Floods Car Pileup
- Julia Gillard Press Conference about QLD Floods
- LiveStream of Brisbane river on Coronation Drive
- Queensland Police Live Stream on Facebook
- Flood Ravaged Queensland Photo’s
- Brisbane Times 1974 Flood Pictures
- Flash floods cut path of destruction
- Photo’s from TheAge
- Boston.com Australian Flood Pictures
- The Australian 1974 Flood Pictures
- Flickr Photo’s of Brisbane Floods
- 1974 Flood Map
- Brisbane Area Flood Photo’s
- Interactive Before and After Slider photo’s
Other
- A House’s Swimming Pool – Before and After – By Patty Beechanm
- 58 Photo’s of Brisbane Floods
- Wivenhoe Dam from the air
- Locals play Cricket on major roads for the first time
- Bruce Highway – North of Caboolture and Bribie Island
- Brisbane Flood Photo’s on Flickr
- TwitCaps.com QLD Flood Images
- Go-Between Bridge
- Northern NSW Flood Pics
- Frog hitches a ride with a snake in water
- Southbank (near Ferris Wheel) – Helicopter view here, wide view here
- The Beach at Southbank
- Flood destructions from Nova
- Boat floats down Brisbane River on Pontoon and sinks after crashing into bridge
- Restaurant floats away down Brisbane River and you can see it from another angle here – that’s what you call a house crash
- Flood Photo’s from 7 News
- Drift (formerly Oxley’s) restaurant on river expected to sink today
- Boats and Pontoons floating down Brisbane River
- Suncorp Stadium underwater
- Eagle Street Pier Brisbane, Boardwalk Cafe, Brisbane CBD Boardwalk, and other retails
- Sunshine Coast Flood Photo’s
- Brisbane River Board Walk
- Photo’s and Video’s uploaded to QLDFloods.org
- Photo’s from Caboolture Shire and Surrounding Suburbs Floods
- Brisbane River flooding State Library
- Few photo’s of Morayfield Shopping Centre and Carpark
- Pics of High-up looking down at Brisbane Riverside Expressway
- Wall of water hits Murphy’s Creek
- Sunshine Coast Flood video
- 5:30pm Media Conference with Anna Bligh
- Twitpic pictures of Brisbane Floods and QLDFloods
- Kangaroo’s being rescued on boats
- Riverside Expressway at lunch – Riverside Expressway Live Image
- 7 News Queensland Flood Pictures
- SouthBank
- Captain Cook Bridge
- Brisbane River Banks have been broken
- Brisbane CityCat Terminal
- Brisbane River Walk Under Water
- Live Webcam of Brisbane River Floods
- People buying food supplies – http://twitpic.com/3ozgut, http://twitpic.com/3ozgru
News Links and Articles
- Follow #QLDFloods, #BNEFloods, #prayforaustralia for Updates on Twitter
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