Disaster zones declared across Qld
ABCSamantha Donovan: Now to the flood emergency gripping southeast Queensland. Elizabeth Cramsie: And just to make matters a little bit more interesting, you've just rocked up to the petrol station here, which is still closed like two or three days after the event. Elizabeth Cramsie: Queensland Premier David Crisafulli describes the situation in the state's south-east as challenging. Paul Jordan: We've got 2,000 field staff on the ground and leaders like myself and the rest of the team, the support staff in the background, the controllers, we're all there doing our support bit to keep the field team working and doing what they do best and that is getting people's lights and power back on and the field team are working 24 hours a day. Elizabeth Cramsie: The SES says 10,000 residents are still under emergency warnings while 1,800 remain isolated by floodwaters.
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