Backpackers Found Dead in Floodwaters, Queensland Flooding Continues

Here's more Adelaide news from March 11th.

Police in Queensland have located what they believe are the bodies of two missing backpackers

caught in floodwaters.

The 26-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were driving from Brisbane toward the flood-ravaged

North Burnett region when they disappeared.

Search teams, including police, volunteers, and helicopters, combed the kilkovon to

Mondeberra area.

They found the pair's silver Subaru Forester on Kilkovantanzi Road.

Diverse and crash-and-bestigators are now on scene to confirm identities and gather

more details.

This sad discovery unfolds against the backdrop of severe flooding across Central Queensland.

Bundabird just endured its third major flood in 16 years, with the Burnett River cresting

at 7.4 meters and swamping hundreds of.

Meanwhile, authorities in Chinchilla declared an emergency further southwest.

Floodwaters have hit at least 10 businesses there, prompting door-to-door evacuations to

showgrounds.

Residents Hope Charlie's Creek stays below the devastating 7.45 meter peak from 2011.

More rain means ongoing risks along the Condamine River and other waterways, with major flooding

forecast and coming days.

On a small positive note, the downpours could aid farmers switching to winter crops after

sorghum harvests wrapped up.

Updates are expected soon.

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