BOM Townsville

A severe weather warning has been cancelled but flood warnings remain. The unseasonably wet conditions brought localised flooding to Townsville suburbs and ...

we've held up very well this time despite the heavy rain," he said. "We've had a little bit of water over the causeways and we've had a few washouts in some storm water areas, but compared to years previously. "The ferries have run and the barge has come, we have had some reduction in services but there are still flights in and out," Mr Bissell said. The rainfall has forced the closure of Kmart in Aitkenvale. "Six-hour totals in excess of 200 [millimetres] just to the north of Townsville," he said. "We are expecting the trough system to weaken and push northward for the rest of today and during tomorrow," Mr Hanniffy said.