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A driver has narrowly escaped after their car was washed off the road by floodwater in southeast Queensland, prompting an urgent reminder from authorities to be careful on the roads.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk took to Twitter to urge road users to be aware of the dozens of road closures due to flash flooding, sharing photos of the car being washed away in Beerwah on Tuesday morning.
“Luckily, the driver was able to get out,” Ms Palaszczuk wrote.
Queensland Police were forced to close off Gap Creek Road on the Indooroopilly side due to flooding, saying “a lot of motorists are still attempting to get through”.
There is an extensive list of road closures after more than 155mm of rain fell over the southeast corner late on Easter Monday and into Tuesday.
The Sunshine Coast hinterland was the hardest hit, with Crohamhurst recording 156mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Tuesday. Nearby, Maleny received 153mm, Judds Road 130mm and Mount Glorious 157mm.
On the Gold Coast, Upper Springbook received 149mm.
In Greater Brisbane, the airport received 57mm, Bribie Island 47mm, Ithaca Creek 60mm, Hemmant 67mm and Deception Bay 86mm. Stradbroke Island received 88mm.
The Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday warned the Sunshine Coast could receive another 85mm over the next two days, with Brisbane expected to be drenched by another 50mm.
The heavy overnight rain and flash flooding came after the Bureau of Meteorology cancelled a severe weather warning for “life-threatening” weather, which could have resulted in six-hourly totals of 250mm.
On Monday, the bureau said the low pressure system had pushed offshore, which would have kept severe weather away from the coast. However, some of that system hung around into Monday night and into Tuesday.
Forecaster Pieter Claassen said the overnight falls had been the result of a subtropical low sitting “quite close to the coastline”.
“There were strong south-easterly winds on the southern flank of that low pressure system which helped to drive showers, and overnight we did see that quite widespread rainfall,” he said.
“Now that’s turning to shower activity this morning.
“It will be a pretty dreary day on Tuesday, with a bit of cloud and showers around. Parts of the southeast coastline could see another 20-40mm, but that will gradually clear into tomorrow.”
A moderate flood warning has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the Upper Brisbane River.
Meanwhile, Queensland Police have closed roads due to flash-flooding warnings.
“We are seeing multiple roads impacted by flash flooding around the Sunshine Coast,” police wrote on social media.
“Beerwah, Peachester, Glass House Mountains (are) just a few places. If it’s flooded, forget it.”
A hazardous surf warning is also active for Fraser Island coast, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast waters.
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