From one extreme to the next - keep updated with the latest news and warnings for Queensland weather
Sixty thousand people living downstream of the embattled Paradise Dam have been assured the dam is safe and there is nothing to fear as some models predict heavy rain could fall near Bundaberg in the wake of Cyclone Kirrily.
Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit Brisbane tonight, with warnings the heavy deluge could bring dangerous flash flooding to already waterlogged areas.
Far north Queenslanders are back on flood watch as the region cops a 245mm+ drenching, with a monsoon trough bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to still recovering residents.
Queensland could be in line for its second cyclone in less than a month with heavy rain expected to kick off as early as tomorrow in communities smashed by ex-tropical cyclone Jasper.
People hoping to escape the heatwave in one of Brisbane’s biggest shopping centres have been met with “sauna-like” conditions, after the city sweated through apparent “feels like” temperatures in the mid-30s overnight.
Queensland has scorched on Friday amid a tropical heatwave with the apparent temperature hitting 42.5C, thousands of homes losing power at the worst possible time and a night of 30C temperatures on the cards.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of South East Queensland as the humidity in Brisbane is set to climb to extreme levels over the next 48 hours, with little reprieve in sight.
Severe thunderstorms have hit parts of South East Queensland as the humidity spikes to ‘oppressive’ levels and the state braces for a heatwave.
The next two weeks will be ‘wetter than usual’ in South East Queensland, with possibly severe thunderstorms forecast for as early as Tuesday – but that doesn’t mean the oppressive humidity is going away.
Huge chunks of Queensland are on storm alert, with the South East, in particular, urged to brace for large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain.
Residents of Central Queensland’s isolated mining towns have expressed a mix of calm and trepidation in the face of the weekend’s massive rain event.
Rain is smashing Qld flooding multiple highways and closing more than 100 roads as helicopters called in and the BOM keeps watch for a cyclone. LATEST, ROAD CLOSURES.
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