After a lady was killed by flooding on the central coast, an unseasonal rainfall continues to pummel Queensland as the deadly rainband advances southeast.
As the severe weather system raced southeast through the central Queensland coast, rain records tumbled as surging floodwaters flooded highways and bridges.
A woman was killed by floodwaters north of Mackay on Wednesday morning when her car was washed away from a floodwater causeway.
Two other passengers, a man and woman, escaped with minor injuries.
While the far west starts to dry out, the Bureau of Meteorology warns the rain will continue to fall.
Heavy downpours and possible thunderstorms are forecast for the central, southern and southeast regions of Queensland on Thursday.
Weatherzone had warned the system could see three to five months worth of rain in some parts of the state.
‘These could produce damaging wind gusts and also intense rainfall that could lead to life-threatening flash flooding,’ meteorologist Christie Johnson said.
‘Moving into Friday, we see the focus move to the southeast and, after that, the system moves away to the east and conditions improve on the weekend.’
Rainfall totals across the east of the state were generally between 50-70 mm, with areas between the Daintree and Mackay, the Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland recording more than 100mm on Wednesday.