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Jerry Fisayo-Bambi

Flash floods swamp southeast Australia as record October rainfall forces school closures

Torrential rain has triggered flash flooding across southeast Queensland, Australia, breaking multiple October rainfall records, stranding drivers, forcing school closures and prompting hundreds of emergency calls over two days.

The deluge began on Thursday with a water treatment plant near Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane, recording more than 250 millimetres of rain in 24 hours.

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