AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2011
QLD:Lockyer Valley spared more floods
BRISBANE, Feb 14 AAP - Residents living in the flood-ravaged Lockyer Valley, west of
Brisbane, have been spared more flash floods.
The weather bureau issued a severe weather warning for the Lockyer Valley on Monday
afternoon, saying a storm had developed in the Beaudesert area, southwest of Brisbane
and was tracking towards the valley.
Residents were bracing for heavy rain and flash floods but Queensland's Bureau of Meteorology
severe weather forecaster Michael Knepp told AAP the storm was no longer a threat.
"Between 50mm to 100mm of rain fell in Beaudesert but as the storm moved northwest
towards the Lockyer Valley it weakened and has petered out," Mr Knepp said.
Since January 10 when a wall of water hit Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley towns, police
have discovered 22 bodies.
The majority of flood casualties came from the Lockyer Valley.
AAP peb/msk
KEYWORD: STORM QLD WRAP
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