Brisbane floods: the submerged city in pictures

The inner-city suburb of Auchenflower (bottom) is inundated at peak flooding of the Brisbane river Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Water released from the Wivenhoe Dam into the Brisbane river Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

Debris reeking of petrol at a flooded service station in the southern Brisbane suburb of Rocklea, home to some of Brisbane's major produce and food distribution businesses Photograph: Tony Phillips/EPA

Two men stand in the entrance of a flooded car repair workshop in Brisbane Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Industrial flotsam forms a logjam in the Brisbane river Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

A tyre sits in flooded Granard Road in the suburb of Rocklea Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

Major roads submerged by the Brisbane river Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

Water bubbles up from drains as parts of the city centre flood in Brisbane Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

Oil swirls around vehicles submerged by floodwaters in an industrial area of Brisbane Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

A resident peeks into a flooded shop in New Farm Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP

The iconic Suncorp Stadium filled with the murky waters of the Brisbane river as floodwaters devastate much of Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

Residents survey the near-deserted city centre as floodwaters inundate Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

The swollen Brisbane river inundates the inner-city suburb of East Brisbane. The river reached 4.46 metres, almost a metre lower than the historic flood of 1974 but still inundating dozens of suburbs Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Apartments and office buildings are reflected as flood waters inundate Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images