Brave woman rescues six helpless koalas from deadly Queensland flood

An animal rescue organisation has shared an extraordinary photo of a woman saving a koala from rising flood waters as it revealed the service had been inundated with emergency calls. The Rescue Collective - an animal rescue charity - shared a photo on Sunday of a member rescuing her sixth koala in one night from Mount Gravatt floodwater Animal rescue services have reported being overwhelmed by calls to help flood-stricken animals RSPCA Queensland has rescued and cared for hundred of animals from dangerous floodwater 'This is after our local koala rescuer had already saved 5 other koalas in the area in the hours before,' the post said. RSPCA Queensland workers look after a koala rescued from dangerous floodwater in Brisbane RSPCA has rescued hundreds of animals in southeast Queensland from the worst flood the state has seen since 2011 A wet and tired koala was thoroughly spoilt with fresh greenery after being rescued from Queensland flood water RSPCA Queensland has also been busy and said it had received 510 animal rescue calls from Brisbane, Logan, Scenic Rim, Toowoomba, Somerset, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Gympie council areas since Wednesday last week. RSPCA Queensland said they have received over 500 animal rescue calls since Wednesday last week RSPCA staff and volunteers have rescued and cared for flood-stricken animals since Wednesday last week An RSPCA Queensland worker nurses a wet joey who was rescued from south-east Queensland's floods RSPCA have received calls from Brisbane, Logan, Scenic Rim, Toowoomba, Somerset, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Gympie council areas 'Sadly we are now seeing more deceased animals that couldn't survive the weather event, it's just devastating.' More than 323 animals have entered the RSPCA's rescue hospital over the past week A koala being nursed back to health by an RSPCA worker after being rescued from floodwater Some RSPCA shelters have been forced to close due to power outages and road damage but sheltered animals remain safe Most of the Northern Rivers region - the area around the flooded city of Lismore - is still underwater, however rainfall has eased.