Flooding has begun impacting low-lying parts of Rockhampton

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Flooding has begun impacting low-lying parts of Rockhampton, after heavy downfalls from ex-tropical cyclone Koji.  But the impacts to the community are expected to be less severe than first thought.

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00:00Swallowing riverside walkways, flows edging higher up the flood gauge.

00:07A bit nervous, a bit scary now that it's actually happening.

00:11The swollen Fitzroy has started creeping into some areas,

00:15but the river's peak is now forecast to be lower than originally predicted.

00:20At this stage, Frockhampton, the flood peak expected to be,

00:24at some stage on Wednesday morning, around the 7.5 metres.

00:28This is great news, we were planning on 8,

00:31and a lot of our contingency plans are put in for 8 metres.

00:34Authorities are relieved the number of impacted properties has nearly halved.

00:39We've revised down the number of properties that are impacted to 280,

00:43and that's not 280 homes, that's residential properties that may get water into their yard.

00:47Bill Dargell has experienced multiple floods at his family's nursery.

00:51He's thankful this one won't be as severe.

00:54We're tidying up any stock in lower areas, remove that sort of thing, horses, things like that.

01:00And yeah, just be prepared.

01:02The SES spent the weekend door knocking in low-lying areas to ensure residents are well prepared.

01:08Flood boats are also ready to be deployed in case of an emergency.

01:13We've had a good response from the community.

01:15As I said, Frockhampton's a really resilient community.

01:17Further north, Airlie Beach continues its clean-up, a week after boats were smashed into rocks as ex-tropical cyclone Koji made landfall.

01:27Polystyrene, the plastic bags, a smaller wreckage, and in one week we removed nine tonne.

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