00:02A rescue mission in Morayfield, north of Brisbane, racing against the clock to save a life.
00:08They need something to break the windows or something.
00:11Inside this ute, a driver was trapped.
00:13It's going right up there.
00:16On duty, ABC reporter Will Murray and local father of five, Daniel Haney, jumped into action.
00:22Got to help this guy. We'll get up to the paramedics to call, triple zero.
00:25He got halfway across and the car just started to visibly sink.
00:30I could just see the window come down and then it went all the way back up again.
00:34And, yeah, there was someone in there.
00:36As the four-wheel drive slipped deeper into floodwaters, the pair reached the driver just in time.
00:41I tried to open the door closest to him, but it wouldn't budge.
00:45You could see that the water was really high, like sort of up towards his shoulders, chin.
00:50Come on, Emma. Yeah!
00:52That ABC reporter of yours, oh, what a weapon. He just went for it.
00:56Once I got the door a little bit open, the water rushed in.
00:58The moment the driver was pulled free, the ute went under.
01:02Is anyone else in there? No!
01:04He's got it!
01:05A thankful embrace and the trio was safe.
01:09Oh, I think it was me giving him a hug, just being like, I'm very relieved to see you're okay.
01:13Across the region, hundreds of millimetres fell in a matter of hours.
01:17It just poured and poured all night long.
01:21The rainfall's been heavy in places across parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt
01:25and the inland parts of South East Queensland.
01:28A dozen schools were closed as the SES responded to more than 270 calls for help.
01:35The dangerous rain band is expected to ease overnight.
01:38The rain band is expected to take off the floor on the other side of it.
01:39The fire is expected to push on reality, and the wind is expected to take off the floor on the
01:40other side of the road all the way into the county.
