Widespread showers and thunderstorms look set to continue in rain-lashed Queensland regions, sparking flood warnings.
Isolated falls of up to 300mm are predicted this week, with moderate to heavy rainfall set for much of Queensland’s southern interior and southeast.
Showers and storms are forecast for southeast Queensland and northern NSW through to Tuesday, slowly moving north.
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Ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily is also ensuring more wet weather in Queensland’s northwest, days after crossing the coast.
South of Cloncurry has been one of the worst hit areas out west, with Seymour Gap receiving 256mm in 24 hours, while 244mm fell at Kirby.
Further south at Winton, all rural roads are cut with some properties set to be isolated for six to eight weeks due to floodwaters.
West of Winton towards Boulia, the Middleton community has recorded about 450mm since the weekend.
“The Boulia road through to Alice Springs has currently got 3m of water over the crossings,” Winton Mayor Gavin Baskett told AAP.
“Some of the crossings are at the highest (flood levels) some graziers have ever seen them.”
Winton’s local disaster management group has been activated with some properties bunkering down for a long, isolated period in floodwaters.
“They are all graziers out there, lucky it isn’t tourist season,” Baskett said.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the ex-tropical cyclone was expected to linger between Mount Isa and Longreach for the next few days.
Flood warnings are current for large parts of central Queensland as well as the southeast.
Flood watches have also been issued for parts of western Queensland as well as much of central and southeast of the state plus NSW’s northeast.
The bureau said forecast rainfall in those areas could lead to flash or riverine flooding in the next 48 hours.
“In the worst case it could lead to inundation of homes, properties, businesses and agricultural land,” the bureau warned.
Crews are still working to restore electricity for north Queenslanders left without power after Kirrily crossed the coast three days ago.
About 66,000 customers lost power at the peak of the wild weather.
The remaining 1000 homes still without electricity were expected to be restored by Tuesday night.
Kirrily struck barely a month after Tropical Cyclone Jasper caused record flooding that devastated the far north.
