29/01/2024
PREPARE NOW – Scenic Rim Regional Council – flash flood as at 10:00 AM, Monday 29 January 2024.
Warning level: ADVICE
Scenic Rim Regional Council advises heavy rainfall and flash flooding is expected across the region. Do not expect emergency services to come to your door.
Impacts in your area:
• Main roads and bridges may be closed due to flooding
• Evacuation routes might be cut off. You could be stuck
• Power, phones, internet and water might stop working.
What you should do:
• Decide if you will leave if water gets close to your house
• Make sure children are with a responsible adult
• Warn friends and family in the area. Help others if you can
• Lift things onto benches, tables, high shelves or upstairs
• Move cars to high ground
• Make sure you have enough food, drinking water, medicine + pet food for up to 3 days
• Be prepared to have no power
• Get and fill sandbags and block doors
• Use sandbags to block toilets, sinks and drains to stop sewerage backflow
• Stay away from waterways
• Batten down and tie up boats, jetskis and pontoons.
If you decide to leave early:
• Go to a safe and high place
• Take your pets, pet food, mobile phone, charger, enough clothes for 3 days, important documents (ID, insurance and passport), medicine, cash, valuables + keys
• Block toilets, sinks and drains to stop sewerage backflow
• Lock windows/doors
• Do not drive through floodwater
If you have livestock:
• Move livestock to higher ground
• Block access to low-lying fields, shelters or places near creeks/rivers
• Provide lots of food and clean water in a safe place away from creeks and rivers
• Make sure animals can be identified
More information:
• https://disasterdashboard.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/
• Energex. https://www.energex.com.au
• Traffic information go to QLD Traffic or call 13 19 40.
• QFES qfes.qld.gov.au/prepare/flooding.
If your life is in danger, call Triple Zero (000) immediately. For flood and storm emergency help, call the SES on 132 500
