<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Desperate south-east Queensland residents have had to climb on top of cars, roofs and even up trees as flash </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-alfred-flooding-brisbane-gold-coast-nsw/04038189-33c5-4d8a-956b-3fa8a3a4d9a9" rel="" target="" title="flooding struck in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred."><span>flooding struck in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services and the State Emergency Service have responded to 150 water incidents across Brisbane, Ipswich and the Sunshine Coast, with countless lives saved.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One man was saved from the roof of his ute in Chevallum, on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, after 400 millimetres of rain fell in 12 hours.</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/shark-attack-wa-wharton-beach-esperence/c5ff2245-a953-4a70-aef9-c97cbf42e7b0"><strong><span>Search for surfer after 'serious' suspected shark attack at WA beach</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A drone pinpointed where he was after he called his daughter for help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He called me to say that he was stuck in the floodwater and the car was filling up with water and that he couldn't get out and then I freaked out and called the police," she told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I feel like I could punch him in the face, but I feel a lot better now. "</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/extropical-cyclone-alfred-water-rescues-on-sunshine-coast-gold-coast-brisbane-and-ipswich/5f7f580d-52b0-4ffa-b72d-562f4495e25d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rescue crews moved in, securing ropes to the man before he stepped into the inflatable and to safety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another man was also rescued nearby.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One man described how he had to call triple zero as the floods came.</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/abalone-bust-alleged-abalone-poacher-stung-at-melbourne-pier-amid-fisheries-job-fight/2d7558bd-072d-480f-815c-8c221e0c526e"><strong><span>Fisheries officers sting alleged abalone poacher at Melbourne pier</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The car started fill up, so we climbed on the roof," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Further south at Yatala, between the Gold Coast and Brisbane, an elderly couple and their dog were rescued after trying to drive through a flooded road.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/03/04/14/44/tropical-cyclone-alfred-update-photos"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/K2EV_hfn2nx7MWFll3ri6xJwWRE=/0x173:3000x1860/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F8e3424b7-459f-4380-b8d8-1e0b06989737" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/K2EV_hfn2nx7MWFll3ri6xJwWRE=/0x173:3000x1860/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F8e3424b7-459f-4380-b8d8-1e0b06989737 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/jWt_jn0XF5Qd_SDALb4S1blVB8s=/0x173:3000x1860/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F8e3424b7-459f-4380-b8d8-1e0b06989737 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">Beaches decimated as flood risk continues</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/03/04/14/44/tropical-cyclone-alfred-update-photos">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Off Bribie Island, Marine Rescue crews saved a sailor and his two dogs on a boat that was drifting onto rocks in 100km/h winds.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Floods have now eased in some places, such as in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast, but multiple warnings remain in place across the state's south-east.</span></div></div>