Flash floods in Australia

A flash flood in Toowoomba, Queensland. Police warned people to be ready to abandon homes as forecasters predicted more heavy rain Photograph: Nicole Alayne Hammermeister /Reuters A man is rescued by emergency workers in Toowoomba Photograph: ABC/AP A man watches as water flows past in Toowoomba Photograph: ABC/AP People cling to railings and metal fences on a flooded street Photograph: ABC/AP People survey the damage after a flash flood Photograph: ABC/AP Local residents inspect a road that has collapsed Photograph: Alicia Morrison /Reuters Flood waters cut the south-east Queensland city of Gympie in two, with about a dozen businesses already under water Photograph: Bernie Thomas/EPA Australian farmworker David Ringelstein walks through a flooded paddock in the suburb of Bald Hills, north of Brisbane Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images People wade through floods in the suburb of Toombul, north of Brisbane Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images