Family winched to safety from flooded Wide Bay home | Video

The sensational rescue of a family from their flooded home has been among more than a dozen rescues carried out across the Wide Bay region following a torrential downpour which inundated homes and cut roads. SEE THE VIDEO

Footage of the sensational rescue of a family of three from their flooded home has emerged amid revelations more than 30 emergency rescues have been carried across the Wide Bay in the wake of a torrential downpour.

The three residents had to be winched from the second storey of their home after discovering they had no way of escaping the rising floodwaters.

An elderly couple were the first to be winched to safety, followed by their son aged in his 20s.

A QFES spokeswoman said the family reported they felt the house beginning to move.

It was the second family rescued from the inundated region by the helicopter crew

Earlier, at 7.45am, a family of four was flown to safety after being forced to spend the night in their car.

They had reportedly been driving from Proserpine to Brisbane about 11pm when their GPS redirected them to avoid flooding.

However they were soon cut off in all directions by floodwaters.

Gundiah flooding, shown in this shared by the Gundiah Memorial Hall, has forced emergency crews to carry out multiple swift water rescues.

At that same time other crews were trying to reach a man injured after driving into floodwaters in the Gympie region about 1am.

Weather conditions thwarted rescue attempts in the morning; the man, in his 50s, was eventually able to walk from his vehicle to a home 1km and call for help.

An RACQ Lifeflight spokesman said the chopper had been called out on more than 10 rescue missions, with several others still underway.

More than 30 swift water rescues have been carried out in the past 24 hours.

Emergency services worked long into the night and have continued today with more rescues underway at Gundiah.

Three people had to be rescued from a house at Gundiah which was flooding.

Two more people had to be saved from a flooding house at Brooweena, while elsewhere across the Wide Bay SES and firefighters were called to help pull multiple people from their cars as floodwaters continue to rise.

A QFES spokeswoman said since the downpour began rescues had been carried out at multiple locations including: Cherry Tree Rd, Kanigan; Bauple Woolooga Rd, Gundiah; Burnett Hwy, Tansey; Brooweena Woolooga Rd, Woolooga; Varley Rd, Glenwood; Abbott Rd, Glenwood; Maxwell Place, Curra; Miva Rd, Gunalda; Old Maryborough Rd, Woolooga; Hermans Rd, Gunalda; Gayndah Rd, Booubyjean; Dakins Rd, Gundiah; Netherby Rd, Gundiah; Bauple Woolooga Rd, Glen Echo; Imbil island Rd, Imbil; and Tansey Hall Rd, Tansey.

Multiple roads across the region have been cut as a result of the flooding, with warnings issued for major floods at Maryborough, Miva and Tiaro.