About 120 police and State Emergency Service personnel are scouring an area west of the M1 at Nerang searching for a 5-year-old girl who went missing Sunday afternoon.
Police said this was the primary search area but residents in surrounding areas were urged to check the yards of their homes and be vigilant for any sign of the girl.
She went missing at 4.30pm when she ran away from family members near the Nielsen Road overpass.
The search includes members of the Gold Coast Rapid Action Patrol, plain clothes officers and the Pol-Air helicopter.
Anyone with information about the missing girl should ring 131 564
Anyone with life threatening information about her disappearance should call 000.
EARLIER: Police have issued an amber alert for a 5-year-old girl who went missing from Nerang late on Sunday afternoon.
Police have called for urgent public assistance to help locate the girl, who disappeared from Nielsens Road, Nerang, around 4.30pm and 'may be at significant risk'.
The girl, who suffers from a medical condition, is described as Caucasian, 115cm tall, with blonde shoulder-length hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen wearing a dark pink T-shirt with a ladybird emblem on the front, dark blue denim shorts and no shoes.
Police have urged members of the public to ring 131 564 if they have any information about the girl's disappearance.
Anyone with life-threatening information should ring 000.
INITIAL REPORT: A 5-year-old girl is missing after running off from family members in Nerang on the Gold Coast.
Police are searching for the girl, who was last seen at 4.30pm near the motorway overpass at Nielsens Road.
The girl, who suffers from a medical condition, is described as Caucasian, 115cm tall, with blonde shoulder-length hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen wearing a dark pink T-shirt with a ladybird emblem on the front, dark blue denim shorts and no shoes.
Police said initial investigations indicate there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the girl's disappearance.
Residents of Nerang have been urged to check their yards for the girl.
Police urged anyone with information about the girl's location to call 000.
