Brisbane (Australia)Brisbane, Australia’s third most populous city, has been flooded after heavy rain. So far seven people have died due to floods in the areas of the East Coast.
This is the worst flood in Brisbane and its surrounding areas since 2011. Torrential rains that year caused a city with a population of 2.6 million to be submerged in inundation and it was described as an event of a century. Queensland State Police said on Monday that a 59-year-old man in Brisbane drowned while trying to cross a small river on foot on Sunday. The Queensland Emergency Service has issued a warning of deadly flooding in parts of the city of Gold Coast, south of Brisbane. People have been advised to move to safer places.
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The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service said it had lost contact with several areas. All seven deaths due to floods occurred in the state of Queensland, whose capital is Brisbane. As of Monday, 2145 homes and 2356 shops were submerged in Brisbane’s suburbs and the water level is rising, putting some 10,827 other properties in danger of being partially submerged.
Adrian Screener, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, said the floods this time were different from the 2011 floods, as the region had been raining for five days, while the rain had stopped several days before the Brisbane River surged in 2011. (agency)