The Army has joined the clean-up in Queensland’s coastal community of Hervey Bay, which was hit by torrential rain and flooding from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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00:00The sun is finally shining here in Harvey Bay and it's a welcome sight for locals to
00:07see the clean-up effort ramping up.
00:10The army has arrived and is being deployed as part of special strike teams with the Rural
00:15Fire Service and the Queensland Fire Department.
00:18Around 1,600 properties were impacted by flooding and rain on Sunday from ex-tropical cyclone
00:24Alfred.
00:25Many people were caught off guard and had no time to prepare.
00:29We got no warning, so I was still up at 1.30 the night before and I checked the bomb and
00:37I checked the radar and yeah there was a bit of rain showing but nothing like what we got.
00:45There's been criticism from locals and the Fraser Coast Mayor over the lack of warning
00:50before the severe weather hit and suggestions the Bureau needs to review the messaging that
00:55was put out.
00:56Now there are boots on the ground, the priority is getting into homes and cleaning up streets
01:02in the worst affected areas.
01:04We've done about four high-rises yesterday and it takes a bit of time, there's lots of
01:07water in the basements so we've done a lot of pump-outs of those sort of things, washing
01:12out of houses I think we've probably got about 15 on the books so far and there's a lot more jobs coming.
01:18There is plenty of work to be done with underground car parks still filled with flood water, cars
01:24that have been inundated and homes that need cleaning out.
01:27So today is just the beginning of the clean-up effort in Harvey Bay.