Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Nearby Gatton saw voluntary evacuations as the Lockyer Creek rose to a record height of 18.92 m , exceeding the previous record set in the 1893 Queensland floods .
Simplified: Nearby Gatton saw people leave their homes as the Lockyer Creek rose to a record height of 18.92 m , higher than the previous record set in the 1893 Queensland floods .