Some interesting comments reference dam levels and water release volumes etc over at Marohasy's -
Jennifer Marohasy Brisbane Valley Being Evaculated
Edit to add - To put the current TWB floods in context do a search of "trove.nla.gov.au", enter "floods toowoomba"
"... Toowoomba, February 18, (1893) It has rained incessantly in torrents here from Thursday afternoon until 6 o'clock last night, when the floodwaters reached the highest level ever known at Toowoomba.
Not only in Russell street was the flood higher than ever known before, but on East Swamp the waters, unprecedentedly their height, broke over Ruthven-street bridge, and the torrent of water caused a breakdown to occur on the bridge on the western side.
McCook's store, the Fruit Preserving Company's premises, and Stirling's coach factory are all flooded, and Stirling has suffered great loss. In Russell street one house collapsed, and in another building the inmates were rescued from the balcony. The destruction to roads and bridges is very great. On West Swamp five bridges collapsed, and the water came down, the western slopes of the main range 3 ft. deep.
Yesterday afternoon a landslip occurred on the main range. Hoppermann House slipped down a gully 200 yards, and other houses are in jeopardy. The forked railway bridge entering Toowoomba is declared to be unsafe, as its approaches are damaged The waterpipes are cut off at East Swamp, and the town is now without water..."
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