However some communities face days and possibly weeks in isolation due to floodwaters.
Record rainfall has lashed the north Queensland coast, claiming two lives and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
The threat has now moved inland with a severe weather warning spanning Innisfail down to Ayr pushing west into Gulf Country.
Six hourly rainfall totals of up to 180mm have been forecast with up to 300mm over 24 hours through to Tuesday.
The drenched region will receive some respite from Wednesday as a tropical low moves east off the Townsville coast.
"The good news is this rainfall is expected to ease," the Bureau of Meteorology's Matt Collopy said.
"So we will see a clearing trend in the rainfall during Wednesday and Thursday as the monsoon trough contracts north over Cape York Peninsula."
But it may be some time before some regions recover from extensive flooding.
At least six communities near the Gulf of Carpentaria are already cut off by floodwaters, with critical supplies unable to reach sodden locals via road.
The local mayor expected residents to be stranded for some time, with planes and helicopters set to help resupply remote towns.
"There's six communities in the Gulf that rely on that transport corridor and that's all going to be shut for some time into the future," Etheridge Shire's Barry Hughes told AAP.
Totals of more than 1500mm have been recorded between Cardwell and Townsville over 10 days, ensuring February rainfall records have already been broken for some regions.
"This has been a very prolonged heavy rainfall event for northern Queensland and the risk of dangerous and life threatening flash flooding continues through to Tuesday," Mr Collopy said.
Ingham, north of Townsville, was one of the worst hit by the wet weather that has lashed the region in the past fortnight.
Flooding claimed the lives of two women and completely isolated the community, with power cut and food supplies dwindling at one stage.
But power is set to be restored to every Ingham household by Monday night with a critical link - the Ollera Creek Bridge - set to be reopened to general traffic on Tuesday after collapsing in floodwaters.
Meanwhile, a severe weather warning is in place in the country's southeast covering Gippsland, Victoria and NSW's south coast with widespread heavy rainfall in coming days.
Severe storms are likely on Tuesday across far eastern Victoria and NSW's southeast and northern inland with a risk of heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.
And Western Australia is at risk of a cyclone forming off the northwest Kimberly coast.
It is set to be named Tropical Cyclone Zelia.
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