quote:Tientallen vermisten levend terug gevonden
Reddingswerkers in Australië hebben tientallen mensen levend teruggevonden na de vloedgolf die maandag door de plaats Toowoomba en omgeving trok. Ongeveer vijftig mensen worden nog vermist. Voor het lot van negen van hen wordt ernstig gevreesd.
Dat meldt de minister van Hulpdiensten van de staat Queensland, aldus het persbureau AAP. Eerder op de dag gingen de autoriteiten nog uit van minimaal negentig vermisten. Het officiële dodental staat op twaalf.
Twee mensen die werden meegesleurd door het kolkende water, blijken nog te leven. De politiecommissaris van Queensland sprak van een wonder: "Er was alle reden om aan te nemen dat ze waren overleden." (anp/sps)
Dat soort mensen moet je echt ter plekke executeren. Ongeveer het laagste van het laagste wat je kunt doenquote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 12:29 schreef karton het volgende:
Een kennis woont in Gold Coast en zegt dat er geruchten over plunderingen van verlaten huizen zijn.
Er is iemand opgepakt die een boot stal die in de Brisbane River dreefquote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 12:29 schreef karton het volgende:
Een kennis woont in Gold Coast en zegt dat er geruchten over plunderingen van verlaten huizen zijn.
Kijk dit vind ik dan wel weer redelijk onlogisch. Die boot stal hij waarschijnlijk om zijn leven mee te redden, en had anders waarschijnlijk toch wel kapot geslagen door de stroming of ergens anders heen gedreven.quote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 12:32 schreef Olga het volgende:
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Er is iemand opgepakt die een boot stal die in de Brisbane River dreef
Bronquote:Detectives from Hendra CIB have charged three men with stealing offences following two incidents at Pinkenba this afternoon.
About 4pm today, police patrolling Brownley Street observed a man allegedly used his vehicle to drag a pontoon to the river bank to retrieve a dinghy. The 67-year-old man from Roselea has been issued with a Notice to Appear for stealing by looting.
About an hour later police located two men, aged 19 and 20, allegedly attempt to steal a 10 foot dinghy from the Brisbane River near Marina Street. The two men, both from Wynnum, have also been issued with a Notice to Appear for stealing by looting.
All three men will appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court with the 19 and 20-year-olds to appear on February 16, while the 67-year-old will appear on February 15.
Police warn that any person located stealing property displaced by the flood situation in the greater Brisbane region will be arrested and prosecuted.
If any member of the community witnesses any looting they are asked to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24 hours a day.
Crime Stoppers is a charitable community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.
quote:THE Queensland flood disaster has claimed another life, with the body of a man in his 50s found in a swamped car near Ipswich.
The death toll is now 13.
Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale confirmed that the body had been found on Karrabin Road in the suburb of Wulkuraka, as some floodwaters receded in the growth city, west of Brisbane.
Mr Pisasale said it was believed the man accidentally drove into floodwaters.
The Bremer River, which runs through Ipswich, was expected to peak at 19.5 metres, much lower than the predicted 22m level, which would have further devastated the inundated city.
Despite the reprieve, more than 3000 homes and businesses have been swamped in Ipswich and its surrounds.
Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh warned Brisbane residents that they would wake to a "shock" tomorrow morning, as the full extent of the flood was felt.
"I think we are going to see some extraordinary solidarity overnight ... and I think that we are going to wake up to a shocking and remarkable challenge," Ms Bligh said tonight.
"But I sense that this is a challenge we are up to and a challenge we will meet."
The once-in-a-century flood is expected to force the Brisbane River to a peak of 5.2 metres at about 4:00am tomorrow, less than was previously predicted. But Premier Bligh told Queenslanders that it was not too late to evacuate, if they were close to rising floodwaters.
Ms Bligh said the number of people unaccounted for in the devastating southeast Queensland floods has been revised down to 43.
"(But we) hold very grave fears for a number of them," she said.
Ms Bligh said that it might be up to 48 hours before those missing people were located.
quote:The Gateway bridge has been temporarily closed while police assess ongoing flooding. A 300m stretch of floating riverwalk has broken free from its mooring. Police are closing the bridge as a precaution while the situation is assessed.
quote:Teenager swept away after saving brother first
A TEENAGER killed in the Toowoomba flood has been hailed a hero after he told a Good Samaritan to save his younger brother first, minutes before he and his mother were swept away.
Jordan Rice, brother Blake and mother Donna were forced to climb on the roof of their car after they were caught in the flood about 2pm on Monday.
The tragic rescue saw a good Samaritan truck driver save Blake, while Donna tried to grab Jordan, 13, after he became separated from the tree the pair was clinging to.
Ms Rice's devastated partner of about 30 years and father to her four children, John Tyson, said Jordan couldn't swim and was terrified of water.
"(The truck driver) went to grab Jordan first, who said, 'Save me brother'. I can only imagine the fear coursing through his body,'' Mr Tyson, 46, said.
"He won't go down with any fanfare or anything like that - I don't think anyone will even wear a black armband for him - but he's just the champion of all champions, a family hero.''
Mr Tyson should have spent last night celebrating his 46th birthday, but was instead at a morgue.
Donna, Jordan and Blake, 10, were just minutes away from picking up eldest child Chris at his house when the car became stuck near the intersection of James and Kitchener Sts in Toowoomba.
The water was only up to the car wheels, but the engine stopped.
Ms Rice could only ring 000 because her mobile phone had run out of credit.
The family was told to stay put and they climbed on to the roof of the car as the floodwaters rose.
Mr Tyson said bystanders looked on until the semi-trailer driver wrapped some rope around himself and jumped in.
The truck driver rescued Blake, 10, first at Jordan's direction.
The rope broke as he went back to get Jordan and Donna, forcing the pair to cling to a tree.
"Jordan was swept off,'' Mr Tyson said.
"As soon as he went, Donna just let go, you know trying to clutch at him. "The poor little bugger, they just both drowned.''
Mr Tyson said he desperately wanted to make contact with the truck driver, who is described as scrawny.
The cement renderer said he would never have let the trio go if he knew there was any sort of risk.
"It really wasn't raining that hard (when they left),'' Mr Tyson said.
"I said to her, 'You be careful in the rain' but not for one instant if I thought there was any sort of risk would I ever have let her go by herself. I wouldn't have even let her go.''
Mr Tyson said his partner of about 30 years was the best mother who loved cooking and gardening.
"I'm great on a shovel, but she done everything else,'' he said.
"I don't even know where I'm going to start.
He described Jordan as a good kid who loved music and drawing.
"He was a very quiet kid,'' Mr Tyson said.
"He was the exact opposite to all the others. He'd wear purple and chrome boots and red skinny jeans and one of those real sad penguin golf shirts.''
Mr Tyson said the family were originally going to have a birthday dinner for him last night.
"I would never know what it was but she would make sure (she would cook) something I'd like to eat.
"At the end of the day I guess it's just the worst birthday I've ever had in my life.''
Australie is ca 7,75 miljoen vierkante km2quote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 14:57 schreef Infection het volgende:
http://twitter.com/ourbrisbane
Ik vraag me af... hoeveel procent van Australië staat nu onder water? Want er staan gebieden ten grootte van frankrijk en duitsland onder water, en dat is toch behoorlijk groot.
Is er toevallig één of andere kaart die de waterstanden laat zien?
Dat soort verhalen zet je wel aan het denken inderdaad...quote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 14:59 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Zucht... pijnlijk..al die schrijnende verhalen die nu gaan komen
op 0.35 zie je een man achter die boom waar die auto tegen knaltquote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 15:02 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:
Nog wat beelden die ik op skyscrapercity.com heb gevonden.
Auto neemt meteen wat bomen mee...
Tis daar toch nog nacht? Van wanneer is die foto dan?quote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 15:02 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:
Nog wat beelden die ik op skyscrapercity.com heb gevonden.
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Ik zal ff kijken wanneer ie gepost is.quote:Op woensdag 12 januari 2011 15:22 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Tis daar toch nog nacht? Van wanneer is die foto dan?Of is dat geshopped?
http://video.theaustralia(...)ne-in-55-metre-floodquote:mazing 3D animation shows two flood scenarios, one at 3.5 metres and one at Thursday's expected peak of 5.5 metres.
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