Queensland's wet weather continues, with more than 400mm of rain falling in three hours

Parts of Cooran on the Sunshine Coast remain underwater after severe rainfall triggered flash flooding in the south-east.

It was a very wet night for Queenslanders from Gayndah to Gympie and up to Agnes Water, with the North Burnett copping the heaviest falls after a severe weather system crossed the coast.

Meteorologist Helen Reid said the heavy falls were isolated, but it was going to be another wet day.

"A lot of that fell in the three hours until four o'clock this morning, so it's been very wet there," she said.

"Those large numbers will not necessarily stay in the same spot and somewhere else later today might pick up a big number."

Ms Reid said there was a trough sitting roughly between 1770 down to Gayndah and into the eastern parts of the Darling Downs, "where we can see an intensity of rainfall".

Old Range Road, north of Biggenden, received 161 millimetres in the hour before 4am and 423mm in three hours.

The gauge at nearby Fig Tree showed 319mm of rain since 9am yesterday and nearby Paradise Dam recorded 221mm, including 75mm in 30 minutes while Hills Road, near Seventeen Seventy, recorded 142mm in the hour to 5am.

The bureau also issued an alert at 5.30am for very dangerous thunderstorms south-east of Seventeen Seventy and south-west of Eidsvold.

North Burnett Regional Councillor Melinda Jones said residents of Dallarnil were also heavily affected by the deluge.

In addition, the Sunshine Coast hinterland is also likely see some big rainfall totals today.

Pomona received 210mm overnight, with another 200mm forecast for the region throughout the day.

A coastal trough had been building off the coast for the better part of this week.

Yesterday evening it was thought Queensland would be spared from its onslaught, but it moved onshore overnight bringing with it the massive rainfall totals.

Severe weather warnings issued.

Source: ABC News, 25 February 2022