The Latest Breaking News from Gympie

With the ongoing property boom prompting many investors to sell, there has been a shortage of available rental properties for some time. Now families left homeless by flooding are adding to the demand.

Aerial images have captured the worst of south-east Queensland's flood damage in dramatic before and after shots.

In the past week parts of south-east Queensland received "scary" amounts of rain, dams from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast hit capacity, and the region dealt with major flooding.

The damage was much worse than predicted. So how did it come about, and how does it compare to the 2011 Brisbane disaster?

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Thousands of people without power in Queensland could be waiting days to get it restored, as emergency services find the body of a man and a dog in floodwaters on the Gold Coast.

Seventh person dies, with two more missing, and major flood warnings issued for Brisbane, Ipswich, Lismore and Grafton

Six people have died across state, while Gympie records highest flood level in more than 100 years

The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie and have cut off major roads, after intense rain battered the state for several days. The rain is expected to continue today, and travel south into New South Wales.