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 End Photograph: Reuters

Residents rescue goods. Ten people so far have been confirmed dead in towns in the Lockyer Valley Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

Boats float past in central Brisbane Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

West End residents watch the river levels rise Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

Saving the really important things Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

A coffee machine is salvaged in the suburb of Milton Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Residents use a beach on the banks of the swollen Brisbane River to fill sandbags as floodwaters inundate Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

Residents use a boat to navigate across their flooded suburb as floodwaters inundate Brisbane Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

The Holman street ferry is submerged by water flowing fast down the Brisbane River in Brisbane Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP

A family in the flood-hit Brisbane suburb of Yeronga pack food and possessions Photograph: Tony Phillips/EPA

The 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 years Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

A fridge floats down the street in the suburb of Rosalie in Brisbane Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

A house ripped up and carried along by the floodwaters comes to a halt in Grantham, west of Brisbane Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Helen 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 Brisbane Photograph: Eddie Safarik/AFP/Getty Images

Homes in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, are submerged up to their roofs Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Vehicles swept away during the flash floods in south-east Queensland rest up in sodden fields Photograph: AP

A car is stranded amid floodwaters on the Warrego highway west of Brisbane Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Car wrecks outside the town of Grantham in south-east Queensland. Flash floods caused massive destruction in the small town Photograph: AP

A boat sits on rail tracks following flooding in the town of Grantham, west of Brisbane Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Albion Park raceway in Albion is covered by floodwater in Brisbane, Australia Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

Brisbane residents view the Brisbane River at sunrise from Kangaroo Point as the flood peak hits central Brisbane Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

An aerial view of floodwaters in the Brisbane CBD area Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images

Homes near Ipswich west of Brisbane, Australia, are inundated by flood waters Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA