"The death toll of this week's devastating floods stands at 15, with 55 people still missing.
Last night, “Ann from Moggill” detailed on ABC Radio her family’s harrowing experience running low on food.
With three adults and five children in their family home, having given refuge to another family of flood evacuees, Ann's husband went to the nearby Moggill State School emergency centre to ask for milk.
The distressed mother told ABC he had been given one cupful, and told he had to "drink it on the spot". Requests to take it home to his family were denied.
This morning, Andrew Solomon, the operations manager of another nearby evacuation centre at Moggill Uniting Church, said strict rationing procedures were still in place.
He said while the first of two military Unimog vehicles arrived with provisions at 11pm last night, at that time there were already 100 people at the centre in need of food, and he expected many more to return this morning.
Mr Solomon said that while meals would be served at the centre, there were not yet enough supplies to hand out bread and milk."
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