Number of missing in floods revised down

The number of missing people in the Queensland flood disaster has been scaled down from 90 to 67.

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Published 12 January 2011 1:02pm

Updated 24 February 2015 5:03pm

Source: AAP

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The number of people missing in the Queensland flood disaster has been scaled down from 90 to 67, state Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says.

But the number confirmed dead remains at 10.

Military, police and emergency services personnel are currently using helicopters and vehicles to search for missing people in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane.

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<span>&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;small&amp;amp;gt;View &amp;amp;lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;amp;amp;msid=216305641036137584677.000498fa830661a4cbafb&amp;amp;amp;amp;ll=-23.739148,146.091728&amp;amp;amp;amp;spn=13.314841,14.141464&amp;amp;amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;amp;amp;source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;"&amp;amp;gt;Queensland Floods - sbs.com.au/news&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt; in a larger map&amp;amp;lt;/small&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts says about 20 people feared missing have now been located.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt; But he says there are still grave concerns for a significant number of people.&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a major search and rescue effort will be launched to find 90 missing people in the Lockyer Valley as the state braces for further flooding.&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; The premier, flanked by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, described it as the "worst natural disaster in our history".&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; Ms Bligh said the number of dead remained at 10, with more than 90 people still missing in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, where flash flooding had caught many families by surprise.&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; "We do expect our emergency search and rescue teams may face a difficult and emotional task as they search for and possibly find bodies in some of those isolated areas," she told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday morning.&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; "Our thoughts are with those workers and they are particularly with those families who are continuing to hope and anxiously wait for news of their love ones.&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; "We hope that they have good news at the end of today, although we do stress it may take several days ..."&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; The coroner will also go to the area, with eight specialist counselling teams.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Follow us on: &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://twitter.com/SBSNews" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://twitter.com/SBSNews","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://twitter.com/SBSNews","_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80660000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80660001","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://twitter.com/SBSNews</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Twitter &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#","_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80660002","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80660003","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#</a>!/pages/SBS-World-News-Australia/125982670754724"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Facebook &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldNewsAustralia" target="_blank" link-data="{"link_rte.link_text":"http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldNewsAustralia","link_rte.link":{"link.target":"NEW","link.attributes":[],"external_link.url":"http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldNewsAustralia","_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80670000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"00000186-25cc-d585-abd6-7ffe80670001","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldNewsAustralia</a>"&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;YouTube &amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;</span>

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