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February 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Residents of a southwest Queensland town on flood alert have been told to leave their homes for the second time in as many days.
Charleville residents who evacuated when Bradleys Gully flooded on Tuesday have been told to leave their homes again, after the Warrego River tributary was predicted to peak between 9pm (AEST) on Wednesday and 3am (AEST) on Thursday.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the peak will reach at least two metres.
The water reached 2.1m on Tuesday afternoon, flooding four businesses but sparing dozens of low-lying homes.
About 40 residents spent the night in an evacuation centre as a precaution.
Heavy rainfall in the area sparked a second flood alert on Wednesday afternoon, with 40mm dumped in nine hours just north of the town.
The bureau says the situation could worsen on Thursday because an intensifying trough is forecast to dump more rain on Charleville and Mitchell.
Mitchell, east of Charleville, is already facing a threat from the Maranoa River.
Senior bureau forecaster Michelle Berry says falls of up to 100mm in 24 hours are possible.
“Given the fact that we’re expecting the rainfall in areas that are already experiencing river flooding it certainly should exacerbate some of those situations further,” Ms Berry told AAP.
Maranoa mayor Robert Loughnan said three low-lying buildings 60km south of Mitchell could be affected.
“Residents are on high alert and all the SES and rural fire brigade volunteers are contacting people up and down the river to let them know,” he told AAP.
Premier Anna Bligh and Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman were both in Charleville on Wednesday.
The premier praised the town’s response to Tuesday’s flood, saying it had “dodged a bullet” but warning of more floods.
Mr Newman inspected flood mitigation works under construction, 22 years after Charleville suffered a major flood and the state government promised action would be taken.
“This is another example of a Labor government that has failed to deliver for the people of Charleville and regional Queensland,” Mr Newman said.
A spokeswoman for Ms Bligh later said the Labor government had set aside more than $14 million in September to build a diversion of Bradleys Gully.
Temporary flood barriers totalling 200m in length arrived in the town on Wednesday morning and will be erected by council engineers.
Meanwhile St George, in southern Queensland, is also on flood alert after the bureau revised the predicted flood peak of the Balonne River flood up two metres to 11 metres.
The river is expected to peak on Saturday afternoon.
Balonne Shire mayor Donna Stewart says homes should not be affected.
She says St George is on alert but farmers who survived a decade-long drought are looking forward to the rain.
“We’re an agricultural shire, so you don’t hear too many people complain about it,” she told AAP.
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