School students rescued from camp as deluge floods two states
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A group of school students were rescued from a flooded campground after a sudden deluge across south-east Queensland and northern NSW.
Hundreds of millimetres of rain have fallen in both regions in the past two days, with multiple riverine flooding warnings in place on either side of the border.
Emergency services have carried out multiple rescues.
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Among them were a group of about 50 Year 12 students and teachers from North Lakes State College, who were on a camping trip at Mount Barney, near the Queensland-NSW border.
"During the return from activities, rapidly changing weather conditions impacted access to the camp accommodation site," the school said in a new statement posted to social media this morning.
"Emergency services, including the State Emergency Service (SES), Queensland Police Service (QPS), Queensland Fire Department (QFD) and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), assisted staff and students to safely return to the SES base.
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"Students and staff remained safe throughout the incident and were transported back to the College overnight, where students were reunited with their families."
This morning, the NSW SES also said it had responded to 197 incidents and carried out three rescues involving people and vehicles trapped in floodwaters at Numinbah, Brewongle, and Goongerry.
"We've already seen several flood rescues that could have ended very badly," SES Assistant Commissioner Dean Storey said.
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"Thanks to the quick response from NSW SES and our emergency service partners, everyone was brought to safety."
He said the SES continued to work with local communities to prepare for further flooding and rain, and urged people to avoid the roads.
"The safest thing people can do right now is stay where they are and avoid travelling until floodwaters go down," he said.
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Falls of up to 240mm were recorded in the cross-border region in the past couple of days.
"A near-stationary low pressure trough being fed with moisture-laden winds caused persistent and heavy showers over southeast Qld and northeast NSW on Sunday and Monday," Weatherzone said.
"Drier weather will return from Tuesday afternoon and night as the system moves off the country's east coast."
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