Flash floods hit Australia's eastern coast
{{date|June 30, 2005}}

6,000 residents of {{w|Lismore, New South Wales|Lismore}} in {{w|New South Wales|NSW}} have been told to evacuate their homes.

A couple is missing on the {{w|Gold Coast}} in [[Queensland]].  State Emergency Services (SES) workers are currently preparing to evacuate a number of nursing homes in the suburbs of {{w|Southport}} and {{w|Burleigh}}.

The {{w|Australian Bureau of Meteorology}} (BOM) have said that South East Queensland has recorded rainfalls of 368mm in the last 24 hours and that the Gold Coast suburb of {{w|Coolangatta}} has been averaging 80mm per hour for at least two hours.  The Coolangatta airport was closed due to flooding.

Further south the city of Lismore has been inundated.  A recently constructed levy has held back the waters of the {{w|Wilson river}}, protecting the town's central business district.
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== Sources ==
* {{source|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10333527
|title=Deluge brings widespread flooding to Gold Coast
|author={{w|Australian Associated Press|AAP}}
|pub=New Zealand Herald
|date=June 30, 2005}}
* {{source|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15777008%255E1702,00.html
|title=Search for couple in deluge
|author={{w|Australian Associated Press|AAP}}
|pub=The Australian
|date=June 30, 2005}}
* {{source|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/6000-to-evacuate-homes-in-Lismore/2005/06/30/1119724722166.html
|title=6,000 to evacuate homes in Lismore
|author={{w|Australian Associated Press|AAP}}
|pub=The Age
|date=June 30, 2005}}
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[[Category:Oceania]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Weather]]
[[Category:Queensland]]
[[Category:Missing persons]]
6,000 residents of Lismore in NSW have been told to evacuate their homes.

A couple is missing on the Southport and .

The Coolangatta has been averaging 80mm per hour for at least two hours.  The Coolangatta airport was closed due to flooding.

Further south the city of Lismore has been inundated.  A recently constructed levy has held back the waters of the , protecting the town's central business district.
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