00:02Chaos at the Catherine Shops as residents stock up for the town's first flood in two decades.
00:08Everyone panicking. I'm really scared. I don't know where I'm going to stay tonight.
00:14Like a bush came somewhere, high ground.
00:16This was the river at mid-afternoon.
00:18Like you can see in there as the river is coming up.
00:21After an astonishingly fast overnight rise.
00:24At 9pm last night the river was sitting around 9 metres, hitting 13 and a half by 6am
00:30and passing 17 metres around 2pm, still rising.
00:35We've had a couple of incidents already today where due to that unexpected rise of the waters this morning
00:42some people have been caught in flood waters.
00:44We've stood up since 7 o'clock this morning.
00:47So all my members in Catherine are ready to go at a moment's notice to help out the public.
00:51Catherine Hospital was evacuated and closed as waters rose.
00:56Current patients of the hospital are being evacuated to other locations.
01:00We've got like 10 baked beans for people.
01:04Those on higher ground are ready, both for themselves and for family and friends seeking shelter.
01:10Went and got fuel, more food, actually asked people to come here if they need any help.
01:20Residents waiting to see if this flood matches the one in 2006 where the river peaked at 19 metres.
01:27It did a little bit of damage to some businesses and houses around.
01:31Authorities today saying they do expect at least some homes to be inundated this time around.
01:37We do know that water will inundate some localised areas and some low lying areas of Catherine.
01:43But it will not at this time, with the predictions that we have from the Bureau,
01:48it will not inundate places like the city centre and the major suburbs of Catherine.
01:53Residents bunkering down as the river continues to rise.
01:57to risises.
01:58Serviceiksi
01:58People ask travellers.
01:58There are only 15 miles peracking.
01:58They are saying that the other round are ACER.
01:59There are only 16 miles per l the time in the north.
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