The south-east had already received a drenching with 88 millimetres dumped on Kobble Creek in an hour and 86mm in 30 minutes at Mount Samson Road, both north of Brisbane.
Central and eastern Queensland copped the brunt of the heavy rain on Tuesday, with Mapleton, north of the Sunshine Coast, hit with 102mm while nearby Cooloolabin Dam received 103mm.
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But the Bureau of Meteorology said the weather was set to ease in the south-east from Wednesday night with a southeasterly surge pushing up from NSW.
“That means showers will start clearing from the southeastern areas while continuing in parts further to the north,” the bureau’s Miriam Bradbury said.
Wet weather was set to persist across northern and central parts of the Queensland coast on Thursday with the low looming.
“We see a tropical low pressure starting to develop over the Cape York Peninsula,” Bradbury said.
“This system at this stage has only a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone.
“But nonetheless it will drag in some stronger winds and increase moisture around it … directing it along the coast and enhancing rainfall totals in those areas.”
Heavy showers are set to impact the north from Thursday night.
“It really will depend on how quickly this system moves away though as to when we’ll see them clearing.”
Flood warnings remain for more than a dozen rivers and creeks in south-east, west and central Queensland.
More than 20 dams across the south-east are spilling with the region’s biggest, Wivenhoe, releasing water after reaching 90 per cent capacity.
The last time the dam released water was during 2022 floods which caused destruction across Queensland’s south-east and northern NSW, resulting in 24 deaths.
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