Parts of the state have been inundated by severe flooding after the past few days saw some areas soak up more than 340mm of rainfall in six hours while others saw widespread falls of up to 100mm.
Storms and locally intense rainfall continued to fall over Queensland's north tropical coast and Tablelands late on Sunday afternoon.
Mount Aunt near Mareeba west of Cairns recorded 69mm in 30 minutes and 104mm in one hour with the downpour wrapping up just after 2pm.
Nearby Gordonvale and Babinda were also battered by the influx of wet weather.
⛈️⚠️A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued around Queensland's north tropical coast, around Mareeba, near Cairns. — Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM_Qld) Heavy, locally intense rainfall this afternoon as storms move slowly over the area. Full detail: https://t.co/m3kl9lft1d pic.twitter.com/UQeLCDkhRrDecember 22, 2024
But with the tropical low and coastal trough that brought widespread rainfall and riverine flooding moving offshore, the wild weather is forecast to largely clear by Monday.
The deluge triggered a string of flood warnings for 10 rivers across the state, including for the Herbert River, the Haughton River catchment and the Don and Bohle rivers.
Though catchments in flood watch areas across the north tropical coast and parts of the central coast are still wet from recent rainfall and saturated in parts, floodwaters have already begun to substantially subside.
Motorists will also be able to return to the Bruce Highway after critical sections of the major arterial road spent days submerged in water.
Showers and storms will continue to linger about the north tropical coast into Monday, but are not expected to cause renewed riverine flooding.
The wet weather system will continue to make its way across the tropical coast, moving eastwards and further offshore over coming days.
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