Overview
- Gold Coast and hinterland recorded more than 200mm within hours, with pockets near 300mm around Springbrook and Nerang causing rapid flash flooding.
- Brisbane saw lighter totals, yet multiple swift‑water rescues occurred on the Fraser Coast and North Burnett, and several roads were closed.
- The Bureau of Meteorology maintains severe weather alerts and flood watches from Bundaberg to Ballina and across inland catchments, warning of rapid river rises.
- Further bursts of heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast over the next couple of days, with six‑hour totals of 50–90mm and isolated 150mm, and the heaviest falls may shift north and inland.
- A deep tropical airmass sourced from an unusual outback ‘desert drenching’ earlier this month is feeding the continuing downpours.