More rain to hit parts of the state after heavy falls overnight

More heavy rain is on the way for some areas of central and southern Queensland, which received more than 100 millimetres overnight.

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00:00This road in Tyro, two hours north of Brisbane, leads to a bridge that crosses the Merrie

00:07River, but right now it's engulfed in water.

00:12The Merrie River has surpassed a minor flood level here in Tyro and is expected to reach

00:17moderate later today.

00:19It comes after a deluge of rain across the region – 166mm fell in just this catchment

00:25alone overnight.

00:27More than 100mm have fallen in other southern parts of the state, but it's a different

00:32story for north and western Queensland.

00:35Temperatures are expected to reach above 40 degrees in northern and western parts of the

00:41state today, like Mount Isa and Julia Creek.

00:44Needless to say, it's a very humid day here in Queensland.