00:02This is the moment a man drove his four-wheel drive into floodwaters in Morayfield, north of Brisbane.
00:08Oh, shit. That could be helpful.
00:11The ute stalled and started to sink.
00:13This all unfolded in front of an ABC reporter, Will Murray, and camera crew, Liz Pickering, who immediately rang triple
00:20zero.
00:21Where is it?
00:22Um, Philabong, Arthur Allen Park.
00:25In a split-second decision, he swam out, joined by local father of five, Daniel Haney.
00:31Can you open the back door?
00:33I knew it wasn't good. So, yeah, I was a bit nervous, but I just figured if I stayed on
00:38the road and then cut across to him, it might be the safer option.
00:41Where, um, that ABC reporter of yours, ugh, what a weapon. He just went for it straight in there.
00:47Will managed to pry the passenger door open.
00:50Are you okay?
00:50I managed to get my feet up against the side of the car and then used the, sort of, um,
00:56force to open the window, er, open the door.
00:59Once I got the door a little bit open, the water rushed in.
01:01Seconds before the car was submerged under floodwaters.
01:04He's got it!
01:06Rescue teams were still 20 minutes away.
01:08We all gave each other a big hug and just said we've never been so relieved in our lives because
01:14it was very, very scary.
01:16It was a huge relief that the guy was saved, um, and I'm so proud of Will because he did
01:23what his instincts told him to do.
01:25Emergency services received more than 270 call-outs for help.
01:30Now we move into an early storm season. We are as well prepared as ever and that's why Queenslanders are
01:36so resilient.
01:36More than 250 millimetres fell in Morayfield, Burpingarry, Alimba and Caboolture in 24 hours.
01:43It just poured and poured all night long.
01:47The intense rainfall is happening because we've got an upper level trough system moving through and exacerbating the showers and
01:56storms and merging them into more widespread rain.
01:59With hundreds of roads still closed and a dozen schools shut in the region.
02:04In Petrie, rough sleepers have been flooded out of Wylie Park.
02:08Today, when there are challenges, is a day for us to say to council, let's work together and try and
02:13help people that are involved.
02:14While the rain has eased here across the south-east, there are warnings there could be renewed river rises over
02:20the coming days.
02:22دي's
