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Multiple communities remained on high alert for flooding across Queensland overnight as the fallout from heavy rainfall continues.
Rivers are swollen and in some places expected to peak near major flood levels today.
There were three major flood warnings still in place, the Bureau of Meteorology said in its update at 10.36pm AEST (11.36pm AEDT).
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Those warnings were for:
- Brisbane tributaries, in particular the Bremer River, which is expected to peak just below a major flood level early this morning;
- The Condamine River, with major flooding possible at Ranges Bridge near Dalby this afternoon; and,
- The Moonie River, with major flooding possible at Flinton, about 400km inland from Brisbane, early today and a moderate threat at Nindigully.
There were multiple other warnings for moderate and minor flooding, with the threat having passed for some where water levels are receding and the damage now becoming clear.
Beachmere was one of the worst hit, with 150 calls to help as homes were cut-off by a slow-moving trough that dumped heavy rain.
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From the 9News helicopter the scale of the crisis was painfully clear, the town in the Moreton Bay region resembling a series of small islands as backyards were turned into lakes and moats surrounded homes.
The scenes were eerily similar to the south-east's floods of 2022 and 2011.
Residents at one home were seen peering out from their second-storey balcony at waterfront views that weren't there yesterday, their neighbours escaping their homes with camping chairs, trudging through knee-deep water.
Roads leading underwater, football fields well beyond water logged, and people resorting to kayaks to make their way down submerged streets.
Clean up begins
At Bray Park piles of belongings have already begun appearing on footpaths as people face the painful task of throwing away anything destroyed by flooding.
"People have had these [belongings] for decades, what happens now, they become trash," 9News reporter Peter Fegan said from a street at Bray Park.
"They're covered in sewerage and mud and tomorrow a bobcat will come along, pick up all these people's items in front of the owners, put them on the back of a truck and then take them off to the dump.
"That's how heartbreaking it is."
Upwards of 20 cars had also already been towed away, he said.
At Morayfield Shopping Centre there was car park chaos, water rushing in and up, turning roads into rapids.
Samford Bowls Club didn't stand a chance.
"Deja vu all over again from two years ago, but far worse," chairperson Barry Maher said.
A torrent of water tore concrete foundations from the ground, sweeping metal seats and scorecards into the raging South Pine River.
The green looked more like a pool and inside it was "hard to believe", Maher said.
"Every chair was upside down, tables moved around, fridges toppled over … just the force of it."
Further west in Laidley, water was rushing through at a fast pace last night but the volume had significantly dropped.
Many roads remained closed off across the Lockyer Valley but areas were starting to dry out after the big downpour.
