Authorities are urging Sunshine Coast residents to stay alert as heavy rain in the next 24 hours could bring similar flooding and damage seen in neighbouring communities.
00:00A cascade of water washing out roads and cutting power.
00:07The Gold Coast hinterland has been swamped by heavy rain and strong winds.
00:13You've got to feel sorry for the people that have businesses.
00:16You've seen my avocados, a lot of them are on the ground.
00:19Flash flooding has left cars underwater and the threat of falling trees is creating anxiety.
00:25We might have to look at relocating because if it doesn't, you know, anything's done.
00:30We won't have a home, and especially as renters, the market's really hard at the moment.
00:35If our house goes, we've got nothing.
00:38I'll get the CEO to get onto it because if the arborist is saying that it should be cut down, it should have been cut down.
00:48On the Sunshine Coast, beaches are bare after the arrival of gusty wet conditions overnight, eroding dunes, creating cliffs of sand.
00:57We don't want anyone to be injured or worse, so please do keep off the dunes.
01:02Bribie Island didn't cop the battering some feared.
01:06We dodged a bullet this time but the island's still dissolving and until something majorly gets done about that, you know, infrastructure work down there has to be done immediately.
01:15For many, it was back to regular routines.
01:18I think it's important to just stay grounded during this time, focus on what you can control.
01:23You never know what's going to happen with these things, they could go either way.
01:26I would far rather be over-prepared and see these type of outcomes as opposed to being unprepared and see the consequences of that.
01:33Residents are being warned that the final throws of the weather could bring intense rain of up to 200 millimetres.
01:40So please, keep those sandbags where they are. It is no time to be complacent.
01:46After eight days of waiting, the threat of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred is still looming over the coast.
01:52And as the next 12 hours could bring the possibility of heavy rainfall, as experienced by neighbours to the north and south, authorities are pleading for a final night of vigilance.
