Almost 50 high school students and teachers have been rescued after becoming stranded by floodwater at a national park in the Gold Coast hinterland. The rescue was one of more than 10 performed across the region yesterday as heavy rain drenched parts of south-east Queensland. Emergency services were contacted to help the 48 students and teachers from North Lakes State College, north of Brisbane, about 5pm as floodwater rose. Queensland Fire Department swift water rescue crews, in tandem with the State Emergency Service (SES), used
a boat to ferry the stranded students and teachers across the flooded road, returning them to dry land safely by 11pm on Monday. On the coast, the Gold Coast Seaway has recorded 119 millimetres since 9am on Monday, topping the monthly average total rainfall for the region in less than 12 hours.
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