Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs “It was certainly higher than 2022 by 200 millimetres,” he says. “No one thought the flood would have been anywhere like it was in 2022, so you know, a lot of people got caught out this time.”While Richards says the government messaging around Cyclone Alfred was handled well, he believes the council doesn’t do enough maintenance in the nearby creeks to manage the water before it floods.“It may not have been as bad as it was,” he says.LoadingThe residents of Boundary Street are among thousands of Brisbane residents dealing with inundated homes, and facing a lengthy, expensive clean-up.The government has announced financial assistance for those affected, but for many, the biggest concern remains the wait for water to clear. At noon on Monday, 200,000 properties are still without electricity, mostly on the Gold Coast and Brisbane.Premier David Crisafulli has reminded Queenslanders severe weather warnings are still in place, and urges people to be aware of more intense flooding, as an emergency alert has been issued for Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, that morning.The Bureau of Meteorology says more than 400 millimetres of rain fell in some parts of South East Queensland on Sunday night, causing creeks and rivers to flood, and keeping many communities on high alert.A man on a kayak inspects flooded homes in Tingalpa.Credit: Dan PeledDams were also spilling, with Seqwater not ruling out the possibility of releases from Wivenhoe Dam later in the week. An emergency alert has been issued for Enoggera Dam on Monday morning, warning people to prepare to move to higher ground.The Bremer River and Warrill Creek are at major flood level and are expected to cause more flooding in Ipswich, while the Logan and Albert rivers south of Brisbane are still rising.Overnight, the State Emergency Service has recorded the largest influx of calls in its history, with more than 3600 calls for help in 24 hours.LoadingMeteorologist Sue Oates, of the Bureau of Meteorology, says parts of Brisbane copped more than 300 millimetres before the system moved west into the Lockyer Valley, which on Monday afternoon reports significant flash flooding.“We’ve seen significant flooding in the Brisbane creeks following that overnight rainfall and we are expecting, once again, [on] Tuesday morning the Brisbane River at Brisbane city may reach minor flood level on the Tuesday morning high tide.”But things may be looking up, literally: the bureau’s forecast for Tuesday – just a “shower or two”.
