Residents in southern Queensland's Lockyer Valley are bracing for a massive clean-up after this weekend's weather event, which has revived horrific memories of the devastating 2011 floods.
Parts of the region, located between Brisbane and Toowoomba, have received more than 500 millimetres of rain since Thursday evening, inundating homes and cutting roads.
In 2011, 19 people died after a wall of water smashed through Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley on January 10.
Dozens of homes were also lost in communities including Helidon and Grantham.
STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE QUEENSLAND FLOOD HEREHelidon resident Lloyd Warr and his wife Jean nearly lost their home in 2011 and were determined not to get caught again.
But plans to move to higher ground came unstuck when their car was trapped in floodwaters on Friday.
The couple were rescued from the roof of their vehicle by the State Emergency Service but when they returned to their home on Saturday they found water throughout.
"[We have had] about 6 to 8 inches of water inside, so a lot of stuff got wet,” Mr Warr said.
"There's a lot of mud, a lot of cupboards and furniture that need replacing."
Mr Warr has lived at his home in Helidon for 32 years but said this flood would change that.
"It's probably a matter of cleaning it up and seeing if we can get someone to buy it [the house].
"That’s probably the biggest thing, we'll get out of here and go somewhere else.
"I’m getting too old to start again.
"My wife isn't very well; she probably won't even come back down here, I don't think she wants to come back at all."
With rain continuing to fall across the Lockyer Valley, Mr Warr said he was worried the worst was yet to come.
"We are worried about [Lockyer Creek] coming up again because it won't take much to bring that up," he said.
"It brings up a lot of those fears [from 2011], which makes it hard, but we just have to put our chin up and get on with it."
'Everything's gone under'
In the neighbouring community of Grantham, Tanya Hooper, owner of the community store, said her business had been devastated by flooding.
"We had a bit over a metre of water through the building," she said.
"The fridges have all fallen over, all of the stock has been washed off shelves.
"We were a very busy store so there are shelves and shelves of drinks that have all ended up in the mud, which we can't sell.
Ms Hooper explained the store had not long recovered from the last flood in 2011.
"When we bought the business nearly five years ago, it was still damaged from the previous floods," she said.
"We fixed it up, we re-roofed it, we did the floors, it was completely gutted so we redid everything.
Ms Hooper said it was going to take some time to get back up and running.
"I was absolutely devastated to walk in there this morning and see just how bad it was," she said.
"We have between probably 300 and 500 people through our door every day, so it's going to change the landscape of Grantham until we can get back open."
'Scary' trip down the range
Gatton resident Riley McDonald was left stranded after he attempted to get home from work on Friday.
Mr McDonald said he his trip down the range from Toowoomba was
"pretty scary".
"There was a lot of water on the road and a lot of random stuff like washing machines floating down the road around Withcott," he said.
"I have heard some stories of 2011, but I have never seen it this bad."
