Floods in the Australian state of Queensland have claimed an eighth life as the Brisbane River peaked and emergency flood warnings move south towards New South Wales. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said further flash flooding will occur with some rivers yet to peak. More than 15,000 homes in CBD have been flooded after the Brisbane River peaked at 3.85 metres (12.6 feet) on Monday morning, lower than the 2011 flood peak of 4.5 metres. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said received high levels of rainfall across the southeastern area, with some areas receiving a year’s worth of rainfall across the current weather event. Diana Eadie from the BOM said Mt Glorious had been inundated with 1.5 metres of rain in the past week when its average annual rainfall is 1.6 metres. “The significance of this event can’t be understated, how much rain has fallen over a large number of catchments …