Good afternoon everyone

The worst of this natural disaster is upon us now. Unfortunately, flooding is still slowly rising in all suburbs due to excessive rainfall and stormwater runoff. It is likely to peak again tomorrow around 8am on the high tide. Please stay home and off the road if you can.

The water has risen 1-2m on yesterday afternoon and there is property flooding in Oxley, Corinda, Chelmer, Sherwood, Graceville, Chelmer, Yeerongpilly, Yeronga, Rocklea, Tennyson and Fairfield in low-lying parts of the suburbs. Multiple roads are cut including main roads like Oxley Rd and Fairfield Rd. Please check on your neighbours. Stay close to home.

Call the SES on 132 500 or 000 if it is an emergency. Rain is forecast to continue today and this flooding is likely to continue for a few days. I will publish information about the Council clean up as soon as possible. Kerbside collection and clean up help is being planned now. 

Regards, Nicole

Police 000 (emergencies)

SES 132 500

QUU 132 364

Energex 13 19 62 (emergency) 13 62 62 (loss of supply)

BCC 3403 8888

Translink 131 230

Severe weather has affected bus and rail services. Check the website here  for updates.

CityCat services have been suspended until further notice.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION CENTRES

Grace Bible Church, 75 Hassall St, Corinda -- open tonight for local evacuations

Sleeman Sports Complex, Old Cleveland Rd &, Tilley Rd, Chandler -- residents can bring pets

COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRES

Corinda Bowls Club, 58 Hall Ave, Corinda -- BYO bedding if possible

Yeronga Community Centre, 26 Devon St, Yeronga -- open during the day for light refreshments

Graceville State School Hall, 23 Acacia Ave, Graceville -- open for school families for light refreshments

Chelmer

• Harte St, Chelmer
• Leybourne St, Chelmer

Corinda

• Pratten St, Corinda
• Cliveden Ave, Corinda
• Deniven St, Corinda

Fairfield

• Fairfield Rd, Fairfield at Fairfield Gardens
• Brisbane Cso, Fairfield

Graceville

• Pamphlett Bridge, Graceville some water across road at Bert St Clair Oval and large pothole after bridge crossing into Graceville
• Faulkner Park, Graceville
• Long St E, Graceville
• Graceville Ave, Graceville
• Haldane St, Gravecille
• Coleman St, Graceville

Oxley

• Rocklea to Oxley Blunder Rd service Rd 
• Ipswich Motorway exit 25 to Oxley
• Oxley Rd, Oxley at golf course
• Englefield Rd, Oxley
• Gladstone Rd into Oxley Rd, Oxley
• Oxley Station Rd, Oxley
• Logan Ave, Oxley
• Oxley homemaker area under slip Rd

Sherwood

• Sherwood Rd/Muriel Ave underpass off Ipswich Rd
• Hall St, Sherwood
• Egmont St, Sherwood
• McCollough St, Sherwood
• Thomas St Park, Sherwood
• Oxley Creek Common
• Sherwood Arboretum
• Sherwood Rd west of the Markets

Yeronga

• Esplanade, Yeronga 
• Hyde Rd/Fairfield Rd intersection
• Anita St, Yeronga
• Ormadale Rd, Yeronga

Rocklea

• Numerous Rds around the Showgrounds
• Marshall and Ipswich Rd Rocklea 
• Muriel Avenue, Rocklea
• Sherwood Road, Rocklea
• Boundary Road, Rocklea

VIEW UPDATED UPDATED FLOOD MAPPING

Widespread rainfall across Brisbane LGA is still continuing. Over the last 24 hours an average rainfall total of 253mm fell across the Brisbane area.

Based on the latest advice from BOM, Brisbane is forecast to receive further rainfall today. As a result, continued flash flooding and creek flooding are expected considering the saturated catchments. The rain is expected to ease from this evening.

The Brisbane River peaked at 3.04m AHD at Brisbane City Gauge this morning (coinciding with the high tide; 08:05). A similar magnitude flood level peak is expected tomorrow morning at around the high tide (approximately 09:00 at City Gauge).

Please note that Seqwater has started releases from Wivenhoe Dam from 0400 this morning. The releases will take some time to travel downstream, so is not expected to coincide with the peak from the Bremer River and Lockyer Creek flooding.  

Rainfall

Rainfall totals across Brisbane generally between 200mm and 300mm over the past 24 hours:

• Heaviest falls of 468mm occurred at Jude Street Reservoir, Bracken Ridge gauge over the past 24 hours.

Storm Tide/High Tide

There is currently a tidal anomaly of POSITIVE +400mm. BOM suspects this is due to a combination of onshore winds and flood flows. It is expected that this will persist until the current weather system moves away. This will likely result in peak tide levels of:

• 1.68m AHD (2.92m Port Datum) at Brisbane Bar on Monday, 28 February 2022, at 0758
• 1.76m AHD (3.00m Port Datum) at Brisbane Bar on Tuesday, 1 March 2022, at 0847
• 1.78m AHD (3.02m Port Datum) at Brisbane Bar on Wednesday, 2 March 2022, at 0930
• 1.75m AHD (2.99m Port Datum) at Brisbane Bar on Thursday, 3 March 2022, at 1011

The peak of the Brisbane River flood will coincide with the above high tides. This may further increase the peak high tide levels at the Brisbane Bar.

Energex

There are currently 9,735 customers affected by emergency outages in the Brisbane local government area. Locally this includes parts of Fairfield, Yeronga, Corinda and Oxley. Full details on Energex site here.

Traffic

The prolonged and widespread nature of the current rainfall event means any low lying areas and roads that regularly experience a degree of surface water pooling are highly likely to be impacted at this time.

Public Transport Services

Translink advise some services across the network are delayed or cancelled and to check the services update page for most up to date information.

• CityCats/KittyCats/Cross River Ferries - All services cancelled.
• There are disruptions to bus services due to roads being cut.
• There are major disruptions to rail services.

Water Supply

• Mt Crosby Water Plant has been impacted by sediment it is operating at significantly reduced capacity and UU are working to increase capacity over the coming days.
• UU have advised water is safe to drink and Brisbane water supply is not at risk.