Flood trauma resurfaces from 2011 as Lockyer Valley couple escape with their lives – again

Jean and Lloyd Warr survey flood damage in 2011 at their home in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley. On Friday, they narrowly escaped with their lives a second time. Photograph: supplied

Lloyd and Jean Warr, who survived flash flooding in 2011, have narrowly escaped with their lives once again after being rescued from Helidon in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley.

Terrifying memories of the disaster a decade ago were reawakened this week across the valley where 23 people died in 2011.