Jessica Ritchie, a Grantham resident who lived in Brisbane when the floods hit, opened up about her experience ten years ago.

“It was very surreal,” she told Luke Grant.

“I literally had to wade out of my driveway into a gully.”

Ms Ritchie said she was unable to save her home or belongings when her workplace would not allow her the day off.

“When you’ve got nothing, you don’t have anything else to lose.”

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