Days of heavy rain has caused flooding across parts of North Queensland

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Parts of far north Queensland are set for a further drenching after days of heavy rain. One spot has had more than 600mm over two days that's half Sydney’s annual rainfall.

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00:00Well, Jo, as you can see, the rain is starting to pick up here in Cairns and with it, a renewed

00:08moderate and mild flood warning is issued for catchments from Cairns to Townsville.

00:14The heavy rain is due to a low that is developing off the coast of Cairns that's combined with

00:19the ridge and that is the one that is bringing the heavy rainfall to the area.

00:24The small town of Babinda received just 300 millimetres in 24 hours.

00:30The heavy rainfall is expected to continue into the weekend, but the BOM doesn't know

00:35where or when the heavy rainfall will fall.

00:38They just know that it will be on the coastal region.

00:42And is there a possibility of a cyclone?

00:45Yeah, as I said, Jo, there is that tropical low just hanging off the coast of Cairns at

00:50the moment.

00:51It is expected to stay off for the rest of today, but it will probably come back in tomorrow.

00:56At the moment, there's a very low chance of it developing into a tropical cyclone, sitting

01:01at just 5 per cent.

01:03But the Bureau is warning that that will bring gale force winds and more heavy localised

01:09flooding to the area.

01:11Now there has been flash flooding in the area and residents are getting prepared for the

01:17worst.

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