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'Sitting Ducks': Rain-Hit Region's Flood Gauge Concerns
Ex-Cyclone Koji caused flash flooding and power outages affecting over 300 properties, with ongoing rescues and damage across central and western Queensland communities.
- An emergency warning remains in place for Clermont, central Queensland, after being issued yesterday afternoon as ex-Cyclone Koji crawls westward, authorities said.
- Heavy falls over several catchments triggered major flood warnings for the lower Flinders, Georgina, Connors, Isaac and Mackenzie rivers after Koji dumped some areas with more than a year's rain in a week.
- Swift-Water rescue crews saved three people overnight in Clermont while Sandy Creek at Clermont Bridge peaked just over 11 metres and more than 300 properties lack power.
- Isaac Regional Council set up a refuge at Clermont State School and urged low-lying residents to prepare for higher ground, while Queensland Premier David Crisafulli reported no loss of life and Eungella, a town of about 200 people, remains isolated with no supplies.
- Officials say the system should weaken as it moves through the Gulf Country, while authorities urged people to stay off roads and noted the State Emergency Service has handled about 150 call-outs.
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As former tropical storm Koji continued to wreak havoc, hundreds of residents in central Queensland were cut off from the outside world, and were forced to evacuate as the flood threat moved south. Overnight, rescue workers pulled several people from the floodwaters.
Koji leaves region drenched
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