00:01This police centre man has gone missing from around 1am this morning.
00:06They said he went into the Burnett River from a houseboat located at Burnett Heads,
00:12which is the mouth of the Burnett River here in Bundaberg.
00:15He hasn't been seen since that time.
00:18A search is underway and police are asking for anyone with any information to contact them.
00:24So we'll keep across that story this morning but certainly some troubling developments
00:28and a sign that this disaster is far from over.
00:32Although the Burnett River is expected to reach and recede to the minor flood level
00:38of 3.5 metres this morning, many people are deeply involved in the clean-up and recovery now.
00:46People we spoke to said that the flood waters had gone into their homes and businesses
00:50for some just a few inches but for some more than a foot.
00:54For many people they were warned that this flood would reach the levels of around 2010,
01:01a previous flood here in Bundaberg.
01:03They knew where that flood had come up to and they were able to lift up their possessions
01:07and their stock above that level to keep them safe.
01:10But regardless, when the flood waters receded there were inches of mud and sediment
01:16deposited throughout their homes and businesses and people we spoke to yesterday
01:20had been up bright and early to hose out that mud and sweep it out to begin that long clean
01:27-up process.
01:28We had friends, families, neighbours, staff all pitching in to help.
01:33For those people who didn't have anyone to help them, there's a volunteer group that has been set up here
01:38in Bundaberg
01:39called the Mud Army that's been set up by a local church.
01:42I checked in with them last night, they said so far around 200 people had volunteered to help
01:48and around 100 homes had registered for assistance.
01:52Now of course the SES and council are here to assist with the clean-up,
01:57but the fact that residents themselves are banding together to help each other out
02:01just really shows the tight-knit nature of this community.
02:05Definitely the sense I'm getting from people, talking to them here, there's a mixture of that stoic attitude
02:11that there's nothing really you can do about it, it couldn't be stopped
02:14and they'll just need to sort of pick up the pieces and move on.
02:17As well, there's that sense as we saw with the volunteer group of this tight-knit community banding together
02:24the customers will return to impacted businesses, friends and neighbours will help out other residents
02:30to help them to move on and recover from this latest historic flood here in Bundaberg.
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