Overview
- Emergency services reported more than 320 requests for help following Monday's sudden downpours across the Gold Coast, Brisbane and the Scenic Rim.
- Swiftwater teams conducted at least 15 rescues, including bringing 42 students and five teachers from North Lakes State College safely out of a flooded Mount Barney camp late Monday.
- A 28-year-old woman died at Loganholme during Monday's heavy rain after being struck on the Pacific Motorway, according to police.
- The Bureau of Meteorology said a moisture-rich rainband overlapped a coastal trough, producing the heaviest May daily totals at sites like Springbrook and the Gold Coast Seaway since 2003.
- With rivers easing and a cooler, drier change from Tuesday, Premier David Crisafulli called for more funding to upgrade BOM radars and flood gauges to sharpen future forecasts.