<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The city of </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/bundaberg" rel="" target="" title="Bundaberg"><span>Bundaberg</span></a><span> on Queensland's central coast is on emergency alert as residents brace for major flooding that could reach the height of the 2010 floods.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Burnett River at Bundaberg was at 4.02m at 5am (AEST) and is expected to reach the major flood level of 7m this afternoon, 7.5m overnight and possibly the December 2010 flood level of 7.92m tomorrow, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An emergency alert was issued last night and again this morning, with residents in Bundaberg North, south, central and east warned to prepare to leave.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-fuel-shortages-farmers-hit-first-supplies-dry-up/132dbef5-dad4-4e43-a4f5-e051b989275b"><strong><span>'Hard not to panic': Australian farmers hit first as fuel supplies dry up</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the 2010 floods, hundreds of people were evacuated and homes and businesses in north and east Bundaberg were inundated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The catchment has been smashed with heavy rain since Friday morning, brought on by a tropical low moving over the state which has now mostly contracted offshore.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Wide Bay and Burnett region have copped the brunt of the heavy rain, however flooding is either occuring or possible in much of Queensland.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-bundaberg-emergency-declaration-major-flood-news/03eebd3d-1e5a-445f-be19-f91fbe05b60d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An enhanced image created by Weatherzone shows the widespread slow-moving rain storms that has left much of the state wet or saturated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some of the highest rainfall totals yesterday were at Westwood Range, which received 244mm in six hours yesterday afternoon, Captain Creek, which received 217mm in the same time, and Eden, where there was 146mm in just three hours and 74mm in one hour, according to Weatherzone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Authorities beg drivers to stay out of floodwater</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A number of swift water rescues have occurred across the region, with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-brisbane-braces-for-flooding-roads-closed-gympie-sunshine-coast-news/b206de67-e8c1-43e7-a282-d4ba2ed1c12e" rel="" target="" title="a man and a boy rescued from a car on flooded causeway at Bargara yesterday morning"><span>a man and a boy rescued from a car on flooded causeway at Bargara yesterday morning</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy was pulled through the window of the sedan by a police officer before the driver, a 54-year-old man was also helped from the vehicle, and fined for driving without due care and attention.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An off-duty police officer was also rescued from the roof of her car at Peachester on the Sunshine Coast by swift water rescue teams.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-israel-attack-iran-anthony-albanese-donald-trump-phone-call-iranian-footballers/4092c0df-f062-46c0-b1d5-ad0dca976579"><strong><span>'God bless Australia!' 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