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Water damage in Labrador, Gold Coast

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An air mover and dehumidifier in a coastal apartment after a water leak. — AI-generated apartment-drying illustration; not a specific property.

Labrador: storms, floods and homes

Wind gusts of more than 100 km/h ripped the roof from a Labrador apartment building during ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March 2025, and 15 people had to evacuate. Flooding reached Labrador in the 1954 cyclone too. Concern that the original state school site was swampy, often-flooded land helped lead to a new site in 1948. With your okay, we can ask a local restoration business to contact you.

During ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March 2025, wind gusts of more than 100 km/h ripped the roof from an apartment building in Labrador, and 15 people had to evacuate the building.
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Heavy rain and storm surge on the Nerang River during the cyclone of 20 February 1954 caused large-scale flooding and evacuations across the city, including at Labrador.
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Concern that the original Labrador State School site was swampy land that often flooded, along with traffic on Brisbane Road, led to a new site on Imperial Parade being acquired in 1948.
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At the 2021 Census, 46.4% of occupied private dwellings in Labrador were rented.
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Labrador had 18,643 residents at the 2021 Census (ABS QuickStats).

If you live in a unit block, tell the body corporate or building manager about the water straight away. When a body corporate claims on its insurance because a lot was damaged by water from a leak in that lot, the lot owner would normally pay the excess. Labrador has plenty of tenants too: 46.4% of occupied homes were rented at the 2021 Census. If you rent, ring the property manager first, because the RTA counts a serious roof leak as an emergency repair.

When you get in touch, tell us where the water is coming from and if it has stopped. Note the floors, walls and furniture that got wet. Let us know if you own or rent, and if you’ve lodged anything with your insurer. If you own the place, we’ll forward your details to a local restoration business, but only after you agree.

The first 48 hours

Start these steps as soon as it is safe. The time marks are reminders, not waiting periods or a promise of when a business can attend.

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Make safety the first step
Insurance Council of Australia
Now
Photograph it, then call your insurer
Insurance Council of Australia
Now
Stop more water getting in
Queensland Government, SES
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Don't wait two days to start drying
Queensland Health

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