News.com.au - 2/27/13
The Mary Valley on the outskirts of Gympie is flooded. Gympie residents are bracing for the fourth flood of the year with the Mary River expected to peak. Source: Getty Images
HEARTBROKEN residents and business owners in Gympie last night were bracing for their fifth flood in two years, as the Mary River broke its banks after 200mm of rain belted the town in just 24 hours.
The weather system that has saturated the southeast continues to move north, with weather bureau forecasters warning residents in Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Gympie, Biloela, Kingaroy, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island, and the Sunshine Coast and adjacent hinterland that downpours of more than 200mm are possible.
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