Mid-morning flood wrap- Friday, 22 July.
The constant rain has caused flooding across the South Burnett. If it’s flooded, forget it.
UPDATE
A man whose vehicle was swept away by floodwaters inNanango has been found deceased, Queensland Police have confirmed.
More details here: https://burnetttoday.com.au/news/2022/07/22/nanango-floods-divers-recover-body/
EARLIER
A large tree has fallen across powerlines at Packer Rd in Blackbutt according to Queensland Fire and Emergency media.
At just after 11.30am, fire crews closed the road going both ways and are awaiting council and Ergon energy.
CAR SWEPT AWAY
A vehicle is believed to have been swept away by flood waters at Brown Street in Nanango early this morning.
According to Queensland Police Service’s media, they were called to the scene at 5.30am where the vehicle had been washed away by flood waters.
The man was found deceased.
CARAVAN RESCUES
Eleven people were rescued by QFES from rising flood waters on Scott Street Nanango.
At 5.53am reports of caravans flooding with rising flood waters came through.
At 6.10am fire and emergency crews arrived and took the eleven people to safety.
CREWS ENROUTE
According to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) media, QFES crews are enroute, responding to a call for a rescue on the corner of Cooyar-Kingaroy Rd and Kumbia Rd.
There are believed to be two people trapped in a vehicle, with the vehicle stuck in flood waters.
QFES got the call a bit before 9am.
In another incident, someone is reportedly trapped by flood waters on Mondure-Wheatlands Rd at Silverleaf.
The call reportedly came to QFES at 8.48am with crews now en route.
EARLY MORNING RESCUES
Ambulance arrived at the scene on the Bunya Highway near Geritz road at 5.09am where a vehicle had gone into flood water.
QAS media report the patient was an adult female who was not injured and did not need to be taken to hospital.
In Nanango, paramedics arrived at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on the D’Aguilar Highway near Bushnells Road at 4.28am.
A male was taken in a stable condition to the Kingaroy hospital after sustaining a minor leg injury.
If it’s flooded, forget it
FLOODED ROADS SOUTH BURNETT
Flooded roads in the South Burnett as of 3.55pm are:
Barker Creek Flat: McCauley Broome Rd – McNamara Rd, McNamara Rd
Benair: Magees Rd
Blackbutt North: cameron Rd
Booie: Mondure Crossing Rd, Booie Rd
Brooklands: Kumbia Rd
Crawford: Wingfields Rd
Inverlaw: Stuart Valley Dr
Kingaroy: Burnett St, River Rd, Clark and Swendson Rd, Pound St, Hoopers Rd
Taabinga: Aerodrome Rd, Geritz Rd
Tablelands: Reifs Rd
Nanango: Burnett St, South St, Mill Flat Rd, Brown St, Arthur St E, McNamara Rd, Nanango Brooklands Rd
East Nanango: Mercer Springate Rd, Locke Lane,
Gordonbrook: Oakdean Rd,
Redgate: Clovely Ln, Steinhardts Rd
Sandy Ridges: Robin and Lee Rd
Stonelands: Webbers Bridge Rd
Wengenville: Maidenwell Glencliff Rd, Wengenville Glencliffe Rd
Wooroonden: Bradleys Rd
FLOODED ROADS NORTH BURNETT
UPDATED 3.46pm
Ban Ban Springs: Burnett Hwy
Eidsvold West: Coonambula Deepbank Rd, McCords Rd
Binjour: Burnett Hwy
Boynewood: Mundubbera Durong Rd
Coonambula: Coonambula Rd, A Creek Rd
Cynthia: Burnett Hwy
Degilbo: Seccombes Rd
Derri Derra: Beeron Rd
Dykehead: Hawkwood Rd
Gayndah: Barlyne Rd, Gayndah Mundubbera Rd
Glenrae: Boondooma Rd
Kalpowar: Gladstone Monto Rd
Mount Perry: Monto Mt Perry rd
Mount Steadman: Mount Steadman Rd
Mundubbera: Augustines Rd, Coonambula Rd, Cheltenham Rd, Riverleigh School Bus Rd
Malmoe: Obil Bil Rd
Mundowran: Mundowran Rd
O’Bil Bil: Coonambula Eidsvold Rd, Augustines Rd
Riverleigh: Augustines Rd, Coonambula Eidsvold Rd
