Parts of South East Queensland have received up to 380mm of rain since Friday, and 150 roads are cut across the state, as the weather bureau warns the peak is yet to come. SEE LATEST
As roads were cut across Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Beach, a charter boat operator stepped up to make sure school kids got home safely. Footage of flash flooding in the area has also emerged. VIDEO
Torrential rain smashing large parts of the state overnight – with 243mm falling in a matter of hours in one place – leading to a dramatic rescue, as a low-pressure system was set to form to deliver a dangerous weekend-long drenching.
Severe thunderstorms that may deliver large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding are on the cards for large chunks of the state, as more wet weather looms. Here’s when and where the worst is expected.
As more storms began to roll in across the southeast, flood warnings were issued across 11 Queensland catchments. But QFES have now cancelled many of the flood alerts, meanwhile elsewhere in the state, a heatwave has set in.
Cyclone Uesi is not expected to make landfall in Queensland, but the southeast coast will not escape its effects heading into the weekend.
Flood warnings remain as rain and storms continue to hit the Darling Downs and the southeast after emergency services carried out multiple swift-water rescues during a busy night as downpours of more than 100mm in an hour smashed parts of the region.
Southeast Queensland has been drenched in recent days, but the region’s dam operator has warned it’s only given us a few months of extra water.
A number of people have been rescued from vehicles swept away in flood waters and a major flood warning has been issued for the Upper Brisbane River as fierce storms bring in torrential rain across the southeast. It comes as a cyclone edges closer to the Australian coast.
The weekend’s torrential rainfall across Queensland caused widespread flash flooding, transport disruptions and saw emergency services stretched, but there was a silver-lining for drought-hit regions of the state.
Flash flooding across is causing chaos across southeast Queensland, with a series of rescues, massive public transport delays and road closures across the region.
An idyllic camping trip has ended in disaster after two tourists and their campervan were sucked into a ‘sinkhole’ at Byron Bay.
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