Astonishing moment raging floodwaters wash a CAR down a river as panicked Today show reporter rushes to higher ground
- Car was washed away in raging floodwaters in Rocksberg, Queensland on Friday
- Today Show reporter was forced to flee from the scene as waters quickly rose
- Torrential weather conditions in Queensland are expected to continue on Friday
Shocking footage has shown a car being swept down a river as torrential rain and floods wreak havoc across Australia’s east coast.
Nobody was inside the car as it floated down into a creek at Rocksberg, around an hour north-west of Brisbane early on Friday morning, after failed attempts by SES crews to remove it.
A Today Show journalist reporting live from the scene was forced to flee to higher ground as dangerous floodwaters raised higher.
Nobody was inside the car as it floated down into a creek at Rocksberg, around an hour north-west of Brisbane early on Friday morning, after failed attempts by SES crews to remove it
‘The water’s coming, get the umbrella!’ crew members can be heard saying.
‘We are actually going to have to relocate right now because it’s coming up really rapidly here,’ the reporter told hosts back in the studio.
Queensland and New South Wales have been ravaged by wild weather this week with many communities devastated by floods.
Police found the body of a 54-year-old man whose motorcycle was found in floodwaters after he disappeared at Cedar Pocket near Gympie, two hours north of Brisbane early on Wednesday morning.
The area was flooded after it received over 300mm of rain in a six-hour period, with conditions described as ‘extremely horrific’ by a police spokesperson.
SES crews are seen assessing the car that was moments later swept away down the river
The body of Philip Gary Lambert, 54, was found at about 11.30am on Thursday after his helmet and bag were spotted earlier in a tree.
Acting Inspector Paul Algie said Mr Lambert had attempted to ride his motorbike over Greens Creek at 1.30am on Wednesday after finishing work.
‘As a result of riding into floodwater he has come off his motorcycle and has been washed away,’ Insp Algie said on Thursday.
On Wednesday morning a 63-year-old Belli Park woman was found dead inside a submerged vehicle west of Eumundi on the Sunshine Coast.
NSW Police early on Friday confirmed the body of a 54-year-old man was found after his car became caught in flood waters in Matcham, on the Central Coast.
Officers found the Toyota Land Cruiser at around 1.30am on Friday with the driver inside.
The car in Rocksberg is seen floating away as Queenslanders are warned of more severe wet weather
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned there will be no relief from the dangerous conditions around Queensland on Friday.
Paradise Dam copped nearly 200mm of rain in less than two hours in the early hours of Friday as residents in nearby Biggenden and Gin Gin were warned of life-threatening flash flooding.
Just before 8am on Friday residents in the Sunshine Coast, Gympie, the Moreton Bay region, Noosa and Somerset were warned of a ‘very dangerous thunderstorm with intense rainfall that is likely to lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding’.
The same warning was given to Bundaberg.
Damaging wind and heavy rainfall warnings were also issued for Brisbane, Toowoomba, Maroochydore, Ipswich and other areas along Queensland’s east coast.
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