Town’s wettest November: Record rainfall totals as BOM warns of ongoing flood risk

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of an ongoing flood risk after record rainfall was recorded in parts of Queensland and with more downpours forecast to come.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned of an ongoing flood risk as record rain has fallen on parts of Queensland.

Severe storms early on Tuesday brought heavy rain around the north east with 34.2mm falling on Townsville, the highest November rainfall since 2013.

Records were also broken just south at Alva Beach which recorded its highest November rainfall total since records began 25 years ago, with 180mm falling within a few hours.

“That particular region’s November average is generally around the 40mm to 60m so some of these areas had double to triple what they normally average,” meteorologist Felim Hanniffy said.

Helena Penny, from Alva Beach, said the downpour came about 5.30am flooding Topton St in the middle of town.

More localised and heavy rain could fall between Ingham and Bowen on Wednesday morning.

It’s expected showers and storms forecast across the north for the coming days won’t bring enough rain for the risk of flooding however other parts of the state are still feeling the effects of last week’s wet weather.

Several flood warnings are currently in place for rivers across southern, central and western Queensland, both inland and coastal catchments.

Moderate flooding is expected along the Balonne River to Surat.

The bureau advised the Balonne River at Warkon was at 8.48m and steady on Tuesday morning.

It’s likely to peak near 8.6m later today.

River levels are expected to ease at Boggabilla and Goondiwindi overnight with the flood peak now approaching Terrewah.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected over Cape York Peninsula extending down the east coast to the Wide Bay and Burnett today and tomorrow.

Mr Hannify said conditions would dry out across the northeast tropics towards the weekend.

The next trough should cross the state from next weekend and isolated showers and thunderstorms could form across western and southern regions.