There have been six SES call-outs across the Whitsundays in the past 24 hours as the region is battered by staggering rainfall totals, with more expected in the coming days as the monster weather system shifts south.
A monster tropical low that has menaced Far North Qld for days, dropping almost a metre of rain in just 72 hours, is shifting south and threatening more widespread flooding.
Emergency crews were called to a man trapped on top of his car in floodwaters in the Whitsundays as school bus services were cancelled and residents urged to keep off flooded roads.
Residents in the Far North Qld town of Gordonvale have been evacuated from flooded streets after a monster tropical low, and four others, formed off the coast increasing the risk of a cyclones.
The Bureau of Meteorology has dumped a comparison of how its climate model compares to those produced by the US, UK, EU and Japan.
Queensland’s wild weather is set to continue, however a drastic change looms. FULL FORECAST
A ‘watch and act’ emergency alert was issued for parts of the South Burnett late on Friday night after slow-moving storms sparked flash flooding and a number of rescues.
Storm activity has shifted northwest of Brisbane after the capital and City of Moreton Bay were in the firing line. LATEST UPDATES
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Water releases continue for South East Queensland’s major dam for the second time in a month, after severe weather lashed southern Queensland.
Releases from Wivenhoe and Somerset dams have been ordered as wild weather continues to lash southern Queensland, with a flood emergency alert active for the Western Downs.
Flash flooding has made for a spectacular end to 2024, after drivers and campers had to be rescued from raging waters.
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