Amazing Toowoomba Flash Flood Videos from today!!!!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

These videos are all from today as Toowoomba was hit by a flash flood. Pretty dramatic stuff!!!

Unfortunately about 4 people died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKrvQ3UhOuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rD5soo-vg

Amazing also to think all this happened just a few hours ago!

[h0ughy (David)]

the thing to note here is the fact that the previous 24h they already got 80mm, then in the space of about an hour they got 70mm, 35mm within 25min

10/02:30pm 20.9 20.2 20.2 96 0.5 E 24 33 13 18 1008.8 - 74.4
10/02:20pm 20.4 20.4 19.7 96 0.5 E 19 24 10 13 1008.9 - 74.4
10/02:00pm 20.1 18.2 19.4 96 0.5 SE 28 37 15 20 1008.9 - 71.8
10/01:55pm 20.0 18.1 19.3 96 0.5 ESE 28 37 15 20 1009.1 - 69.6
10/01:30pm 20.4 22.3 19.7 96 0.5 SE 9 17 5 9 1009.6 - 34.6
10/01:07pm 20.6 18.9 19.8 95 0.5 E 28 46 15 25 1009.5 - 15.4
10/01:00pm 20.6 17.6 19.9 96 0.5 E 35 46 19 25 1009.4 - 11.6
10/12:43pm 20.8 17.5 20.1 96 0.5 E 37 46 20 25 1009.5 - 4.8
10/12:31pm 20.7 13.6 20.0 96 0.5 E 57 76 31 41 1008.0 - 4.0

what a tragic loss of life

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

This guy sums up the total amazement of how heavy the rain was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh1IgdMNsus

and some people trapped in shops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PcZJdXcvI

and look how fast it's running in this street!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLs2EmdTMY8

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's hard to comprehend the scale of this disaster.
We have IIS members that live up on the range. Hope they are safe.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

It's hard to comprehend the scale of this disaster.
We have IIS members that live up on the range. Hope they are safe.

Yes jj, and I think more members will be affected yet as the storms continue.
I'm sure more people than just me have Relatives in these areas getting flooded!.

I have 2 sisters and a Mother-in-Law all in the path of the floods.

[casstony]

It's not often that Australian news gives me that sense of morbid curiousity experienced when watching disasters/war stories from other parts of the world. Things are looking grim in S.E. QLD.

[Ric]

As one person put it on those links "That's insane"

I don't think anyone was prepared for that amount of water.

[rogerg (Roger)]

That is amazing. Very very scary. Just hate to think about being trapped with that water pushing you wherever it wants. Like others, really hope all IIS'ers are ok.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

This is scary i have relatives in toowoomba, all this water is very hard to believe,hope everyone stays safe.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

PLEASE ALL BE SAFE

[multiweb (Marc)]

Saw that on the news. The loss of lives is very distressing.

[Liz]

Devastating stuff for Toowoomba - couldnt believe it when saw on the news yesterday. Reminded me of the tsunami type scenes from years ago.
So sad with the loss of life, and seeing people trapped in cars, on roofs, clinging to trees, and the poor horses and other lifestock.
More predicted today, take care everyone!!

[GrahamL]

When we left the high country around stanthorpe wednesday
there were pockets of torrential rain already falling , the elderly owner of the garage we stopped at was alarmed at the possibility of what was coming over the weekend .

When I checked the rainfall records over the area when we got home thursday it showed almost nothing, yet all the little creeks and streams were raging torrents up on the range .

A terrible tragedy , hope all our members up there are safe and well .

[iceman (Mike)]

Our thoughts are with those affected by the floods in Toowoomba and other areas in Queensland. Such terrible scenes on the news today!

I hope all our IceInSpace members and friends are staying safe!

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

This is a disaster of biblical proportions...my heart goes out them.

[mozzie (Peter)]

stay safe all in those flood affected areas!!!!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

A terrible tragedy. It has be unbelievable here in SE Qld. Long term residents of my area have never seen the creeks like it.

Take care everybody, and please don't do driving its not worth the risk. I just spoke to my sister and she tells me there are more than 70 people missing.

[Kal (Andrew)]

Woke up this morning and the news is now reporting the death toll at 8 confirmed dead and 11 missing. Some of the photo's and videos are quite startling, and as Liz mentioned, it looked very much like a Tsunami with such a rapid buildup of fast moving water.

My parents live in Brisbane, relatively safe ontop of a hill, but this is a reminder of just how fast a situation can change, and you can be out shopping one minute and in quite alot of danger the next.

[Barrykgerdes]

My sister and family live in Toowoomba. I checked their address on google maps and they are on the banks of a creek. However I got through by phone this morning and they are OK. The water did not enter their property.

Barry

[hotspur (Chris)]

Indeed,last night I felt fear-the rain was just so heavy,the thunder and lightening was fierce.

We just knew when we got up this morning there would be loss of life.

Some of these images are frightening,parts of Nanango are been evacuated.

There are also going to be long term effects here,no income,just wonder how everyone is going to go forward.

The QLD premier said "this is a freak of nature",that about sums it up.

Chris