The Brisbane River is falling with the tide after peaking at 3.5m tonight, but is expected to reach 3.7m in the morning.
In Lismore, waters are receding after peaking at 14.4m, well short of the 16m that Premier Dominic Perrottet had warned was possible.
See how the day unfolded in our live blog.
Key events
- Disaster payments extended to NSW
- The latest on the crane pontoon situation
- Majority of schools to remain closed across south-east Queensland tomorrow
- New South Wales flood peak worsens
- Fears barge and crane could break free of tethering and cause major damage
- Boats and jet skis take part in Lismore rescue effort
- Man dies in Currumbin Valley floodwaters
- Evacuation centres across south-east Queensland
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Live updates
By Phoebe Hosier
Evacuation centres in northern New South Wales
Here is a list of evacuation centres for people fleeing major flooding in northern NSW:
- Southern Cross University Lismore – P Block, Military Road, East Lismore. Only travel via Keen Street, Leycester Street and New Ballina Road via Lismore Heights.
- Casino High School – Queensland Road, Casino
- Woodburn Public School – Woodburn St, Woodburn
- Dunoon Recreation Centre – Cowley Road, Dunoon
- Uniting Hall Coraki – Adams Street, Coraki
- Rappville Public School – Lyons Street, Rappville
- Kyogle Memorial Hall – corner of Geneva Street and Summerland Way, Kyogle
- The Salvation Army Tweed Centre – corner of Leisure and Woodlands Drive, Banora Point
- Murwillumbah TAFE – Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah
- Ocean Shores Country Club – Orana Road, Ocean Shores
- Kingscliff TAFE – Cudgen Road, Kingscliff
- RSL Club Mullumbimby – Dalley Street, Mullumbimby
- Uki Public Hall – Kyogle Road, Uki
- Grafton Racecourse – Powell Street, Grafton
By Heidi Davoren
Where to find emergency assistance and information
- For emergency assistance, contact SES in NSW or QLD on 132 500.
- If your life is at risk, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.
- For the latest weather updates visit the Bureau of Meteorology in Queensland here or in NSW here
- Roads and bridges may be impacted by flash flooding. You can find more information in Queensland here
- Other emergency updates can be found at Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
- If you're not sure what to do when there's a flood, here's the best way to plan
Listen to ABC Local Radio for regular updates:
- ABC Wide Bay on 100.1fm + 855am or stream online
- ABC Brisbane on 612am or online
- ABC Sunshine Coast on 90.3fm Nambour and Gympie 95.3fm or the live stream
- ABC North Coast on 94.5fm or online here
By Caitlyn Davey
Stay safe readers
Thank you for tuning in today, we're going to wrap the blog up there. But we will be back in mere hours with another blog to keep you updated.
It's important to remember ABC Emergency will have all your latest alert information and if the situation becomes life threatening, call Triple Zero (000).
In the meantime, stay dry and be nice.
By Caitlyn Davey
River levels have peaked at Tumbulgum and nearing peak at Chinderah
Major flooding is happening now at Murwillumbah due to the Tweed River.
By Caitlyn Davey
There are 43,000 homes without power in south east Queensland
Energex said by 9:15pm, 17,000 houses had their power restored, with 43,138 still suffering outages.
By Caitlyn Davey
Road damage
Here's a pretty stark reminder of why you should take care while driving right now, or try to stay home.
Thank you to Peter Graham for sharing these images.
By Caitlyn Davey
Free waste disposal for Ipswich surburbs cleaning up
By Caitlyn Davey
Army saves retirement village residents in Yeronga
By Caitlyn Davey
Tides are now receding for Brisbane River
According to BOM.gov.au, the river peaked at 3.5m. The next high tide is at 9:19am local time.
By Caitlyn Davey
Larry Storey Bridge flooded and lights out in Waterford in Brisbane's south
Larry Storey Bridge on Albert Street, Waterford is currently flooded with flood waters now breaching the height of the bridge. Drivers to seek an alternative route. Street lights are out at this location resulting in poor visibility.
By Caitlyn Davey
Wilson's River in Lismore expected to remain above major level until 12pm tomorrow
By Melanie Vujkovic
Severe weather warning for Sydney and surrounds
It looks like Sydney is next in the firing line for severe storms, with damaging winds and heavy rainfall forecast for people in Metropolitan, Illawarra, South Coast and parts of the Hunter, Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands Forecast Districts.
Six-hourly falls of up to 120 millimetres are likely, which may lead to flash flooding either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Local intense rainfall is also possible, and could lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding, with six-hourly fall totals in excess of 200mm.
Sorry to leave you on that bombshell, but that's it from Luke Royes and I tonight. You'll now be in the safe hands of Caitlyn Davey.
Stay safe everyone. Until next time. Goodnight.
By Melanie Vujkovic
Major flood warning in place for Logan
There is a current major flood warning in place along the Logan river, with levels expected above those recorded in Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017.
The Bureau of Meteorology says it's most likely along the lower parts of the river.
There is still a major flood warning in place for Brisbane and Bremer Rivers and Warrill Creek, with an update expected from the BOM at 11:00pm EST.
By Melanie Vujkovic
Train network damaged
This is why trains won't be operating yet!
By Melanie Vujkovic
Pacific Motorway closures
There have been a few questions about closures on the Pacific Motorway in south-east Queensland. At this stage it seems only one off ramp is affected at Yatala.
You can see the full list of highway closures here.
Remember, if it's flooded, forget it!
By Melanie Vujkovic
Will Gold Coast Airport reopen tomorrow?
Will flights resume from Gold Coast Airport tomorrow?
-Stranded traveler
At this stage it looks like there won't be any planes leaving Gold Coast tomorrow. I hope you won't be stranded for too much longer!
By Melanie Vujkovic
By Luke Royes
The latest on that crane
Anything further on the crane???
-CraneWatcher
Good question, CraneWatcher!
I just put in a call to police for an answer to this and they said it remained where it should be.
However, we were advised that if it came from its moorings experts were on the scene with a contingency plan.
By Luke Royes
What about public transport in Brisbane?
It's funny you ask, Curtis — TransLink have just posted this tweet!
Full details can be read here but the tl;dr version is as follow:
- With buses it's a case-by-case situation
- Trains remain suspended
- For obvious reasons, CityCats and ferries are a no-go
