A month’s worth of rain is set to pummel a 700km stretch of north Queensland coastline as heavy rain slams the region, causing flash flooding and mass chaos. It comes as police issued a wider warning for hazardous roads.
Parts of the state will be lashed with heavy rain and wild wind after ex-tropical cyclone Ellie moves towards Queensland.
Queenslanders have been warned of fresh tropical cyclone danger as forecasts show La Nina finally coming to an end.
Parts of Queensland are likely to be hammered by a “severe storm outbreak” moving up from the south, as the state also braces for big falls from an ex-tropical cyclone.
More rain has fallen in the past six weeks than fell in the whole of 2019 in some parts of the southeast. This is what it’s done to the region so far, with more still to come. SEE THE AFTERMATH
The deluge in this regional Queensland area has been a godsend for farmers, but not so great for residents in low-lying areas.
The search for a young student feared missing in flood water on the Gold Coast has been suspended due to bad weather. Police refuse to rule out her disappearance as being suspicious, as details emerge on who made the call to report her missing.
A veteran Queensland farmer has made an impassioned plea for action on climate change and promised to be a voice for drought-hit regions out west after shocking drone footage emerged of her damaged crops from this week’s heavy rainfall.
Despite earlier fears they may be stranded at school overnight, nearly 200 schoolchildren have made it home safely as floodwaters failed to peak as quickly as feared. FULL RAINFALL FIGURES AND SCHOOL CLOSURES
Flash-flooding is causing havoc for motorists across the southeast this morning, with several major roads impacted. SEE THE FULL LIST
AN ONION, some ordinary table salt and a naked eye is all 78-year-old Halwyn Herrmann needs to know what the weather has in store for the year – and he reckons he hasn’t got it wrong in six decades.
Queenslanders are being urged to conserve water, as experts warn that recent rainfalls have not lifted the southeast’s water restrictions.
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