Brisbane braces for rising floodwaters

A road is covered by rising water from the Bremer river in Ipswich Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images A view of Brisbane city and the Brisbane river as the city braces for major flooding Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Girls at a flooded bus stop in Brisbane Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Business owners clear out their shops in preparation for high floodwaters in Brisbane Photograph: Jonathan Wood/Getty Images Roads near central Brisbane are gridlocked as people try to get home before flooding worsens Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Floodwaters in Forest Hill, Queensland Photograph: EPA Overturned and piled up cars in central Toowoomba Photograph: Dan Proud Photography/Getty Images The level of floodwaters is seen on the walls of a damaged furniture shop in Toowoomba Photograph: Dan Proud Photography/Getty Images The damage caused to a building after a flash flood tore through Toowoomba Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features An emergency vehicle negotiates flooded streets in Oakey Photograph: Dan Proud Photography/Getty Images A man and his dog struggle through floodwaters in Dalby after Myall creek burst its banks for the third time in a month Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features Floodwaters covering the Bruce Highway south of Gympie after torrential rain caused the Mary river to burst its banks Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features People at Kangaroo Point cliffs watch an emergency vessel recover three lost boat pontoons on the Brisbane river after heavy flooding Photograph: Eddie Safarik/AFP/Getty Images Brisbane river rises rapidly at West End in Brisbane Photograph: David Hardenberg/Getty Images Residents watch as Bremer river engulfs the Jim Finimore sports ground in West Ipswich Photograph: Eddie Safarik/AFP/Getty Images A man looks on as the the Brisbane river rises rapidly Photograph: David Hardenberg/Getty Images