Hundreds escape flood waters in Queensland as state lashed by severe thunderstorms
by Stephanie Convery, Joe Hinchliffe and agencies from on (#5Z6F0)
More than 700 roads cut or affected by floods with intense rainfall set to continue in region between Caboolture and Gladstone
Hundreds of Queenslanders have fled to higher ground or been rescued from flood waters with thousands on alert on Friday night as severe thunderstorms lash the state's south-east.
Intense rainfall has hit Brisbane, Ipswich, the Lockyer valley, Darling Downs, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay-Burnett, Bundaberg and Gladstone, the result of a massive low-pressure trough.
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