South-east Queensland communities are bearing the brunt of extra moist climate that's flooding streets and houses.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) confirmed the moist weather-triggering low had moved south to New South Wales, inflicting devastation in already flood broken Lismore and the northern rivers area.
However extra rain right this moment will proceed to inundate already sodden catchments in communities within the Gold Coast, with Dalby, west of Brisbane nonetheless flooded.
Close to Dalby, a person has been rescued after spending hours on the roof of his automobile after he grew to become trapped in floodwaters.
Emergency companies together with police and a rescue helicopter had been capable of finding the person and produce him to security.
Tony Chard from Queensland Fireplace and Emergency Providers mentioned crews crossed over 2.5 kilometres of water to succeed in the person in the course of the 4 hour rescue mission.
"The decision was made by the particular person in misery," Mr Chard mentioned.
"It's fairly extraordinary this flooding occasion."
The person, Rick Willis, mentioned he hadn't seen the flood waters till he had pushed into them, inflicting his automobile to interrupt down.
"When me automobile died I wound the home windows down, all of the central locking locked up on me," he mentioned.
"Simply attempting to maintain stage headed about all of it," he mentioned.
"Not attempting to panic or something. The water was up over the bonnet so all I might do was sit on the roof."
The person mentioned he is extremely grateful to all rescue crews concerned.
"Simply the efforts and the correspondence on the cellphone earlier than anybody even received out to me," he mentioned.
"Simply ensuring my wellbeing was high quality and my psychological well being was high quality.
"Grateful I can truly go residence. Lots of people do not make it.
"Because of this you do not make silly selections."
Mr Chard mentioned residents are nonetheless not heeding warnings from emergency companies, who've urged Queenslanders and people in flood affected New South Wales by no means to enter or drive by way of floodwaters.
He mentioned rescues put everybody concerned at risk and diverts sources from others in danger.
"It is very irritating," he mentioned.
"We have had a number of rescues within the final three days.
"We imagine this rescue was completely avoidable."
Nineteen folks have died in floods in Queensland alone because the begin of January, with two males found lifeless in floodwaters this week.
The Condamine River stays prone to main flooding.
"The Condamine River right here proper now remains to be rising very slowly, however we anticipate the river to be sustaining his peak for the following two days," Mr Charb mentioned.
The BoM confirmed a band of rain remains to be hovering over the south-east coast with rainfall predicted to ease later right this moment.
O'Reilly, south-west of the Gold Coast has acquired probably the most rainfall right this moment with 58 millimetres recorded within the final 24 hours.
On the Gold Coast, a significant clear up is underway to clear particles from streets and seashores after the south of town grew to become flooded.
Border communities stay inundated with water with a number of enterprise house owners combating to reopen after changing into swamped for the second time in weeks.
Whereas Brisbane averted main flooding, streets grew to become drenched yesterday delaying restore works to final month's main flood occasion.
As a lot of the area nonetheless works to wash up flood damages, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk condemned the federal authorities for his or her funds response to the state's flood restoration.
"Tonight's Federal Finances has did not ship Queensland our fair proportion of well being care and flood catastrophe restoration funding," she mentioned by way of social media.
South of Brisbane, a whole bunch of inundated roads are starting to reopen.
A average flood warning stays for the Macintyre River, with minor flood warnings remaining for the Bokhara River and Charleys Creek and the Logan River.
There may be additionally a flood Warning for the Albert River with the Brisbane River catchment on flood watch.