A body has been found in a Brisbane drain after a man went missing amid a severe storm that caused flash flooding and left 4000 homes without power . The police located the man 's body at 6.30pm , after two hours of searching , 400 metres down a storm water drain in the Brisbane river near Eagle Street Pier . The Courier Mail reported that the man was illegally kayaking in drains underneath the city with a female who called for help when the water began to drastically rise due to the storm around 4pm . Scroll down for video . A man 's body was found in Brisbane storm water drain after he was trapped kayaking in drains under the city . The storm ripped through the city and saw more than 80 millimetres of rainfall hit the South East . Queensland Police Regional Duty Officer Inspector Sean Cryer confirmed that the couple became trapped inside the tunnel after the storm hit . 'She managed to get to a place of safety for about an hour until the water had subsided , ' he said . The woman 's partner was not so lucky . The woman reportedly performed CPR on the man in the tunnel to no avail and fled the tunnel to alert police . Water police , rescue and fire crews were all involved in the search with inflatable boats used to search the tunnel . 4000 homes were left without power and 13 calls for assistance were made from the Logan area . The man went missing around 4pm when the storm hit and it took police 2 hours to find his body . The severe storm saw more than 80 millimetres hit parts of South-East Queensland . 'Slacks Creek had 80 millimetres and we had other places between 70 and 80 ( millimetres ) in the southern parts of Brisbane , ' Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Michael Knepp told Sydney Morning Herald . Slacks Creek is about 20 kilometres from where the man 's body was found near Eagle Street Pier . Flash floods occurred in Logan in Queensland 's South East and 13 calls for assistance were received in the area . Major delays were reported for various train lines as well as on the roads .
A body has been found in a shallow water drain on the Brisbane River . A man went missing around 4 pm when a heavy storm hit him . He was reportedly kayaking in drains under the river with a rope . When the water levels began to rise the couple became separated . The police alerted police and his body was found 2 hours into the search .