{"id":96839,"date":"2015-02-19T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T02:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=96839"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T03:41:01","slug":"marcia-crosses-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/19\/marcia-crosses-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcia Crosses Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>February 20, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED 8:00am:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Cyclone Marcia has crossed the Queensland coast near Shoalwater Bay as a Category 5 cyclone.<\/p>\n<p>Gales are occurring about coastal and island communities between Sarina and Double Island Point, and are expected to extend inland to Moura, Biloela, Monto, Taroom and Mundubbera today.<\/p>\n<p>TC Marcia has sustained winds near the centre of 205km\/h per hour with wind gusts to 285km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>The warning zone stretches from Sarina to Double Island Point and extends inland to Moura, Biloela, Monto, Taroom, Mundubbera and Murgon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=850240895012097\" data-width=\"620\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/video.php?v=850240895012097\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southburnettregion\">South Burnett Regional Council<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>At 11:00am on Thursday, South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann chaired a meeting of all relevant local agencies &#8211; police, ambulance, QFES and SES &#8211; at the SBRC Council Chambers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said all were &#8220;ready to go&#8221; if there was an emergency in the next 24-48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Disaster Management Committee met again at 3:00pm and received another briefing from the Bureau of Meteorology.<\/p>\n<p>It heard that rainfall in the South Burnett should become heavier on Friday afternoon and continue over Friday night but would be less than feared on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>(NB. This was before the cyclone reached Category 4 intensity)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Kratzmann urged local residents to stay off the roads unless it was an emergency as the local road network could get a &#8220;hammering&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best place to be, certainly tomorrow and over the weekend if you can be, is in your home and to stay here in the South Burnett,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police Duane Frank also urged residents to stay off the roads overnight and emphasised: &#8220;If it&#8217;s flooded, forget it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Another update from the South Burnett Disaster Management Committee will be provided after 10:00am on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>How Cyclone Marcia Grew During Thursday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Issued 4:04pm:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96879\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-96879\" title=\"Cyclone map 8\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange areas = gales within 24 hours; Yellow areas = gales within 24-48 hours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Issued 2:02pm:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96866\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-96866\" title=\"Cyclone map 7\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange areas = gales within 24 hours; Yellow areas = gales within 24-48 hours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Issued 11:03am:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96840\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cyclone6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-96840\" title=\"Cyclone map 6\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cyclone6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cyclone6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cyclone6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange areas = gales within 24 hours; Yellow areas = gales within 24-48 hours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Issued 1:00am:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96888\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-96888\" title=\"Cyclone map 5\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/map5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange areas = gales within 24 hours; Yellow areas = gales within 24-48 hours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Issued 11:32pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy rain and locally damaging wind gusts are possible from the coast to the ranges between Double Island Point and Brisbane, extending to the State&#8217;s southern border and the eastern Darling Downs and Southern Burnett later today and Friday. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heavy rain may lead to flash flooding, with some 24 hour totals in excess of 300mm likely. Damaging wind gusts may reach around 90 km\/h, mostly near the coast and ranges.<\/p>\n<p>A flood watch is current for the Wide Bay and Burnett, South-East Coast and the Darling Downs and Granite Belt District forecast districts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich, Brisbane, Caboolture, the Sunshine Coast, Kingaroy and Gympie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article:<\/strong><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/02\/cyclone-marcia-heading-for-coast\/\">Cyclone Marcia Heading For Coast<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>[Published earlier as &#8220;Video Update From Mayor&#8221; and &#8220;Marcia Forecast To Hit Category 5&#8221;]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED 8:00am &#8211; Tropical Cyclone Marcia has crossed the Queensland coast near Shoalwater Bay as a Category 5 cyclone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":96907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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