Mackay flood: Shocked residents count cost (re-upload)

HUNDREDS of Mackay residents have spent the night in emergency accommodation after their homes were swamped by floodwaters from the biggest downpour to hit the city in 90 years. Many of the same residents who bunkered down at four makeshift evacuation centres overnight had earlier been forced to scramble on to roofs to escape a wave of waist-high water that swept through up to 2000 homes. A total of 624mm was dumped on Mackay in the 10 hours to noon yesterday, nearly half the city's annual rainfall of 1561mm and almost twice as much rain as Brisbane has received so far this year. An incredible 180mm fell between 8am and 9am. The massive deluge was a result of two rain-bearing systems which collided over the city. As waist-high water flowed down the city centre, firefighters and Emergency Services rescued dozens of people trapped in their homes and vehicles. source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23223358-2,00.html

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YouTube | February 16, 2008

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