QLD:Quensland towns face floods as rivers rise

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2012
QLD:Quensland towns face floods as rivers rise

By Miranda Forster and Nathan Paull

BRISBANE, Feb 2 AAP - One southwest Queensland town is flooding and another eight are
on flood alert, with more heavy rain predicted.

A disaster situation, giving authorities the power to enforce mandatory evacuations,
has been declared at Mitchell as floodwaters invade the town.

The Maranoa River was steady at 8.65m at Michell but could rise, the Bureau of Meteorology
(BoM) said on Thursday.

Havelock, to the north of Mitchell, received 106mm of rain in the past 30 hours and
more heavy …