00:02Chinchilla awash. This was first light with the worst still to come.
00:06It's come up really, really quickly. It's devastation really and it does break your heart.
00:10Charlies Creek passed its major flood level, hitting 6.41 metres this afternoon.
00:16Streets swamped, roads cut and an oval turned into a lake.
00:20I feel sorry for some of the people that have riverside views now.
00:24And the swollen creeks still rising, forecast to peak at 6.8 metres at Thursday lunchtime.
00:30Residents in low-lying areas have been told to leave now.
00:36At one of the oldest pubs, floodwaters are creeping in.
00:39They're bracing for what comes next.
00:43If it does peak, we're looking at 200 mils through the hotel,
00:47so we're not really looking forward to that just yet.
00:50With the creek system behind me still rising,
00:52it will be now a waiting game for Chinchilla locals to see how high it will get
00:56and when it will start to recede.
00:59Meanwhile to the north-west,
01:01significant rainfall in recent weeks means the catchment is also full.
01:04All that water is heading to Longreach,
01:07where the Thompson River could reach major flood level by Friday.
01:10andarat productivity,
01:10so we're trying to do some though we'll meet.
01:11As a result, white groundwater has been obrigated for事,
01:13with no confusion.
01:13The
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