An enormous piece of a concrete pier is presently floating alongside the Brisbane River, sparking warnings for boaters.
Queensland Police mentioned a big piece of a concrete pier estimated to be about 40 metres lengthy has damaged away because the area is inundated with heavy rain.
It's presently floating eastbound alongside the Brisbane River in direction of the Gateway Bridge.
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It was first noticed at Hamilton.
"Please safe your boats, there are issues of a collision," Queensland Police mentioned in an announcement.
Boat homeowners have been urged to safe their vessels because the concrete floats down the river amongst different particles from the rising floodwaters.
It comes as authorities are involved the extreme climate occasion presently battering the state will likely be worse than the 2011 floods, when dozens of individuals died.
Floodwaters are anticipated to proceed rising this weekend as heavy rainfall continues.
The flood dying toll has reached 4, as two individuals sadly misplaced their lives in floodwaters in a single day.
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Rain data have been damaged, together with in Brisbane Metropolis the place 206mm was recorded within the 21 hours to 6am this morning.
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"Normally in Brisbane we see a median of 150mm so primarily we have seen a month's price of rainfall in sooner or later," meteorologist David Grant mentioned.