Heavy rain across southeast Queensland and northern NSW prompt flooding warnings
Heavy rain across southeast Queensland and northern NSW has prompted flash flooding warnings as authorities answer hundreds of calls for help and warn of more wet weather to come
13 December 2020
Some areas in the Gold Coast and northern NSW border region have recorded more than 350mm of rain since yesterday, with warnings there is more to come.
Four people were rescued from floodwaters in NSW overnight, about 20 caravaners were moved to higher ground, and emergency services had some 700 calls for assistance.
But Heavy rain has helped firefighters gain the upper hand against a bushfire that's destroyed almost half of world heritage-listed Fraser Island.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services says the blaze is now contained, after destroying more than 85,000 hectares of vegetation since it was sparked by an illegal campfire on October 14.
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