Six years on from Queensland’s tragic ‘inland tsunami’, this new edition ofThe Torrentreconnects with the survivors at the heart of the catastrophe. On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy rain and as floodwaters began to overwhelm much of southeast Queensland, a ‘wall of water’ hit Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley.The Torrenttells the extraordinary stories of survival and loss that emerged from that terrible day.
Amanda Gearing is a Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist. She worked for the Courier-Mail from 1997-2007 based in Toowoomba before becoming a freelance print and radio journalist for media outlets including The Australian and ABC Radio National. Amanda completed a Master of Arts (Research) in 2012 and a PhD in global investigative journalism in 2016, both at Queensland University of Technology.
Amanda Gearing interviewed survivors all around the toowoomba and grantham areas in Queensland and has collected the most moving and intimate accounts of the suffering of individuals who have lost everything. There are stories of heroism and compassion in the face of impossible odds, that will inspire readers no matter who they are or where they come from.In this new edition chapters have been added, including an update on where the survivors are six years on.
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