An “incredible body of water” is starting to flow into Rockhampton as local authorities repeat calls for multi-million dollar levees to guard against future flooding.
Waters continue to rise in the central Queensland city, where the Fitzroy River is expected to peak at nine metres on Thursday morning, leaving around 200 homes inundated.
The Fitzroy River was at 8.25 metres early on Wednesday morning and slowly climbing.
It will be regarded as a major flood when it hits 8.5 metres, expected later on Wednesday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said while the flood peak had been revised down from 9.4 metres, residents still needed to be prepared.
Source: ‘Incredible’ water mass en route to Rocky | Perth Now
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