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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Conal Hanna

Brisbane homes flooded as ‘rain bomb’ continues to threaten lives in south-east Queensland

Queensland flood waters
A father and his daughter watch people take to flood waters in their boat in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Sunday. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images

More than 1,400 Brisbane households are thought to have been flooded as Queensland authorities warn of the continuing threat posed by a “rain bomb” over the state’s south-east.

The Brisbane River peaked in the city at 3.1 metres on Sunday morning – below the 4.46m recorded during the 2011 floods. But the city’s lord mayor, Adrian Schrinner, warned this was a very different weather event.

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