Queensland flash flooding

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Three women rescued from flood waters, with severe weather 'yet to ... (ABC News)

A severe weather warning remains in place for north and central Queensland, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the forecast. The rain is expected to be ...

but then push back north again after Tuesday, during Wednesday and Thursday, right back up onto the northern peninsula once again." "We had waterfront views for a day and a half and now we can't see the river." "The focal point of the rain during the rest of Sunday and even into Monday and Tuesday [will be] shifting south to Townsville and very much from about Ayr down to around Carmilla with the focal point around parts of the central coast โ€” that's Proserpine and adjacent inland." "This system is still in its strengthening mode and we're likely to see the peak rainfall probably during Monday and that's where we expect areas like the central coast and elevated areas like the Clark Ranges where we could see some sizeable accumulations," he said. A severe weather warning remains in place for north and central Queensland, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the forecast. The rescues come as the Bureau of Meteorology says storms hitting parts of north and central Queensland could get worse, with heavy rain and flash flooding conditions likely to peak on Monday.

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Heavy rainfall and flash flooding expected to put some Qld towns at ... (Sky News Australia)

Carmilla and Cardwell on the state's coast and Charters Towers further inland can expect up to 400 millimetres of rain as the Bureau of Meteorology forecast the ...

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Warning of life-threatening flash flooding as rain lashes ... (9News)

Towns are isolated and the Bruce Highway is cut in multiple places as the downpour from an intense low sees...

Meanwhile, in a contrast of conditions, a bushfire has threatened in south-west Western Australia, but the warning has now been downgraded. In just a few hours, 280mm of rain was recorded in the Clarke Ranges, between Mackay and Airlie Beach. There are localised reports of half-a-metre of rain in parts and forecasters are warning the system is still strengthening.

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