Central Queensland has been hammered with more than 200mm of rain in two hours, while large swathes of the state’s southeast are bracing for more severe weather as looming thunderstorms threaten to dump large hail and further downpours.
The Bureau of Meteorology reported more than 115mm drenched the Capricornia and Wide Bay coasts in just over an hour late on Wednesday night.
About 216mm fell over two hours at Gladstone, while the Fraser Coast experienced a heavy downpour of 90mm at Magnolia.
Meanwhile, the bureau on Thursday predicted a storm cell would continue to sweep the eastern and southeastern coast of Queensland late Thursdaxjmtzywy afternoon.
Heavy rain could pound the Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay regions.
BOM predicted the storm cell could deliver severe thunderstorms which persist into Thursday.
“It’s not just rainfall in these storms, there’s also the chance of damaging wind and large hail as well,” a Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson told NCA NewsWire.
The latest forecast follows weeks of dangerous weather patterns in Queensland that have caused severe flooding.
