Eumundi Voice, Issue 40 - 17 March 2022

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Eumundi Rotar y shar ing the voices of Eumundi and sur round s Issue 40, Thursday 17 March 2022

Recent floods – now the cleanup Eumundi township escaped the level of damage from the recent floods which severely affected other towns in our region. Gympie to our north suffered severe flooding. The Qld Fire and Emergency Service Commissioner put out a call for as many brigades as possible to help. Overall 16 fire trucks from various brigades responded – including our own Eumundi Rural Fire Brigade (RFB).

(C Alain Bouvier) Eumundi’s RFB Training officer Andrew Montgomery explained the situation the Strike Force teams faced: “Gympie was nearly unrecognisable. The shops had to be cleaned out after the deluge and it was incredible how the water went up to 22 metres. The situation was even more horrific after the water subsided because sewerage had mixed with the flood water and become toxic. Cont. p3

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