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An older driver's leap from his car roof ends in a Queensland flood rescue

The 10 News bulletin moves from Moreton Bay's closed schools to rain-soaked Supercars preparations and storms that broke the dry in the outback.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 91,259 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (6,236).

Miracle Moment Driver Saved Before Car Swept Away In Queensland Floods | 10 News

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0:25Jack Morgan reports on swift-water rescues, including an older driver's jump into the current in Rocksberg.
0:58Firefighter Brandon Smith says the man spent about 10 to 15 minutes on top of his vehicle.
1:07Flooded roads, trapped cars, school closures in Moreton Bay and Caboolture, and flooded tents at Wallace Park.
3:43Hannah Watt reports live from Deception Bay on SES callouts and sandbag stations.
5:47Supercars drivers describe preparing for the Gold Coast 500 on a wet street circuit.
7:32Storms, hail and strong winds break the dry conditions in outback towns including Quilpie and Bollon.

Ten to fifteen minutes on a car roof. That is how long Queensland Fire Department officer Brandon Smith says the driver waited, perched above fast-moving water in Rocksberg, before he jumped into the current and firefighters pulled him out. The car did not stay behind for long: the floodwater swept it away.

That rescue opens a 10 News report that has passed 85,000 views in less than a day, more than fourteen times the channel's usual first-day audience for its regular videos. It was one of several swift-water rescues across Moreton Bay, where 14 schools closed.

Jade McGuinness of Queensland Towing and Recovery is blunt about the driving that leads to such rescues: "It's just unacceptable behavior. We see this every single time in Queensland." The comments follow the same thread. Many viewers recall the state's long-standing warning against entering flooded roads, while others debate fines, rescue bills and insurance claims for drivers who ignore it.

The rest of the bulletin covers the scale of the downpour. At Wallace Park, Beau Haywood of Nourish Inc describes tents flooded at a homeless encampment. Reporters cover sandbag stations at Deception Bay, washed-out roads and dam releases on the Sunshine Coast, and Supercars drivers Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown preparing for a wet Gold Coast 500 at Surfers Paradise.

The last report comes from the outback, where storms, hail and strong winds hit drought-dry towns such as Quilpie, Morven and Bollon. Tourist park owner Troy Minnett sums it up: "I think we got out of this one very, very lucky." A day later, 10 News followed up with a report on the cleanup across southeast Queensland.

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If it's flooded, forget it.
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I understand how people either wants to get home or to work or whatever the case may be but it seems like a lot of people look at flooded or partially flooded roads as something like a detour,it's not worth taking a chance I've been on my way home before and turned around and drove back to the nearest motel which was 76 km's further from my house but I'm glad i did apparently the same crossing ended up getting basically flash flooded within minutes of my turning around
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