Choppers on way to flood-hit Bundaberg

TWO defence force helicopters have been mobilised as the central Queensland city of Bundaberg faces a very serious flood crisis, Premier Campbell Newman says.

Mr Newman said the city was facing a flood that would be worse than the devastation floodwaters brought to the city in 2010/11.

He said 300 homes and 100 businesses were expected to be inundated in Bundaberg.

He said the low pressure system resulting from ex-tropical cyclone Oswald had left a trail of destruction across the state.

The southwest corner would begin to feel the worst effects of that system this afternoon, Mr Newman said.

Mr Newman said he would make an announcement on Monday about the resumption of the school year, which had been scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

He said the situation in Bundaberg was very serious, with evacuations underway in the city's north and east.

He said the communities of Gin Gin and Childers, west of Bundaberg, were now isolated.

Mr Newman said Gladstone Regional Council Mayor Gail Sellers and her team have borne the brunt of the wild weather over the last 24 to 36 hours.

Twenty houses had been inundated at Tannum Sands and 20 more at Benaraby.

A number of evacuation centres have been set up in the city, he said.

Mr Newman said "dramatic" levels of water, more than eight metres above the dam wall, were being experienced at Awoonga dam.

A saddle dam has been overtopped and is eroding but Mr Newman said the structure is steady.

"The dam at this stage is all holding up well," he told reporters.

The premier said Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls and Local Government Minister David Crisafulli are heading to Gladstone shortly to see the damage first hand and provide support.

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