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BOM says rain and flooding to continue in north Queensland through the weekend.

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00:00Heavy rain and flooding have been impacting the north tropical Queensland coast throughout

00:05the week so far and there is a lot more rain on the way for this saturated part of the

00:09country.

00:10Let's get into it with a severe weather update for Thursday, starting by seeing our radar

00:15imagery from this morning.

00:16Now so far through the week the heaviest falls have been between Cairns and Townsville, and

00:20we've actually seen the rain ease off there so far through Thursday, but at the same time

00:25the rain has coalesced a little bit further south.

00:28However, through the week so far the rainfall numbers have been fairly remarkable.

00:31I'll just bring up a couple of the highest observations from the week so far.

00:36Up to 939mm in 7 days at Mount Sophia, that's just south of Cairns, as is Clyde Road, 900mm

00:44there with over 600mm in other locations.

00:48That is a lot of rain, it has caused significant flooding, road closures, detours and damage,

00:54with more on the way.

00:55We'll just go back to the radar imagery and what we'll see, not as much rain here but

00:59a little bit more rain further southwards and that becomes the focal point for Thursday

01:03as rain gets heavier over the Whitsundays and the Burdekin region, around the likes

01:08of Proserpine and Bowen, north of Mackay.

01:11We could see some significant falls there through the remainder of the day on Thursday

01:15because this low which has been generating the rain is just moving a little bit to the

01:18south and it is on the southern flank of that low where we see the heaviest falls.

01:23So watching out for northern parts of the central coast, southern parts of the Herbert

01:27and Lower Burdekin for seeing the heaviest falls today and we could easily see another

01:311-200mm for that stretch of coastline there.

01:35Remember this was the area which has seen the heavier falls so far, not as much today,

01:39perhaps another 30-60mm of rain.

01:42The falls in the south between Townsville and Mackay could be enhanced by embedded thunderstorms.

01:49Storms are possible through all of these northern areas but the yellow region here is where

01:52we could see severe thunderstorms and if we do see severe thunderstorms they are likely

01:56to be severe because of the heavy rain that they are generating through the day on Thursday.

02:03We're going to jump ahead for the next few days now and this is where things get really

02:06interesting because there are not one, not two, but three tropical low pressure areas

02:11in the vicinity of North Queensland through Friday and the weekend and depending on the

02:16movement of these lows it's going to shift the wind and shift the areas of heavy rain

02:21and so that's going to determine who in North Queensland gets the heaviest falls in the

02:25coming few days but let's play it out as to what is looking most likely at the current

02:29time period.

02:30This low will move northwards again which will shift that band of heavier rain northwards

02:34again through Friday back into that area between Cairns and Townsville and then throughout

02:39the course of the weekend that's going to become slow moving, continuing to pump a lot

02:44of wet weather onto that part of the coastline.

02:47Meanwhile we could see development up in the Gulf of Carpentaria as well, bringing

02:50some rain into Gulf Country over here.

02:53The rainfall totals through the weekend are expected to get heavy once again through this

02:57stretch of coast here.

02:58We're actually at the top of the scale, 300mm plus in this darker area and that could easily

03:03be 500mm for isolated locations on top of the rain that they've already received earlier

03:09this week.

03:10That's a whole lot more wet weather and that means we expect to see a whole lot more heavy

03:13rain impacts, a lot more flooding, potential road closures and detours and isolation, stress

03:19on the power network and other infrastructure through north east Queensland, and damage

03:23to crops, vegetation and gardens is definitely possible, particularly in areas where we do

03:29see surface flooding like this.

03:32Finally a look at the river network across this part of Australia.

03:35There are a couple of minor flood warnings in play, we've actually seen the river levels

03:39come down a bit today after the heavy falls from the last few days.

03:43The Mulgrave River and the Tully River still seeing minor flooding at the moment and the

03:47blue areas are flood watches and that's covering pretty much all of the rivers between Cairns

03:52and Townsville for the next few days.

03:55So if you are in this part of the country, it is very important to stay up to date with

03:58the latest weather forecasts and weather warnings and follow any advice from your local authorities

04:02and emergency management.

04:04Thanks very much for watching.

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