Brisbane a 'ghost town' as residents flee floods - in pictures
People stand at the edge of floodwaters covering a street in the inner Brisbane suburb of West EndPhotograph: ReutersResidents rescue goods. Ten people so far have been confirmed dead in towns in the Lockyer ValleyPhotograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesBoats float past in central BrisbanePhotograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images
West End residents watch the river levels risePhotograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesSaving the really important thingsPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/ReutersA coffee machine is salvaged in the suburb of MiltonPhotograph: Mick Tsikas/ReutersResidents use a beach on the banks of the swollen Brisbane River to fill sandbags as floodwaters inundate BrisbanePhotograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents use a boat to navigate across their flooded suburb as floodwaters inundate Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Holman street ferry is submerged by water flowing fast down the Brisbane River in BrisbanePhotograph: Tertius Pickard/APA family in the flood-hit Brisbane suburb of Yeronga pack food and possessionsPhotograph: Tony Phillips/EPAThe river bursts its banks. Evacuations are underway in several towns and suburbs in and around Brisbane with residents and emergency services prepare for the worst floods in more than 35 yearsPhotograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty ImagesA fridge floats down the street in the suburb of Rosalie in BrisbanePhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPAA house ripped up and carried along by the floodwaters comes to a halt in Grantham, west of BrisbanePhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPAHelen and Trevor Goschnick mop up the aftermath of metre-high floodwaters that trashed their Fernvale home near Ipswich, some 25 miles south-west of the Queensland capital of BrisbanePhotograph: Eddie Safarik/AFP/Getty ImagesHomes in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, are submerged up to their roofsPhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPAVehicles swept away during the flash floods in south-east Queensland rest up in sodden fieldsPhotograph: APA car is stranded amid floodwaters on the Warrego highway west of BrisbanePhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPACar wrecks outside the town of Grantham in south-east Queensland. Flash floods caused massive destruction in the small townPhotograph: APA boat sits on rail tracks following flooding in the town of Grantham, west of BrisbanePhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPAAlbion Park raceway in Albion is covered by floodwater in Brisbane, AustraliaPhotograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesBrisbane residents view the Brisbane River at sunrise from Kangaroo Point as the flood peak hits central BrisbanePhotograph: Dave Hunt/EPAAn aerial view of floodwaters in the Brisbane CBD area Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty ImagesHomes near Ipswich west of Brisbane, Australia, are inundated by flood waters Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
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