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http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/3/1/extra-assistance-for-victims-of-tropical-cyclone-marcia

Media Statements
Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Jackie Trad
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Extra assistance for victims of Tropical Cyclone Marcia

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and Communities Minister Shannon Fentiman today announced additional assistance for people still suffering as a result of Tropical Cyclone Marcia.

The Palaszczuk Government is increasing the assistance available under the joint Queensland and Australian Governments' Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA)

Ms Trad said the additional support is recognition that many people in impacted areas are still in need of immediate support.

"I've seen first-hand how tough people are finding it to make ends meet in many areas," Ms Trad said.

"Tropical Cyclone Marcia has had a devastating impact on the electricity network with many communities still without power a week after the cyclone hit.

"This extra assistance, in the form of food vouchers, will allow those still struggling without power to buy food, water, nappies and other basic essentials."

Up to $1000 per household will be available to people in the local government areas of Rockhampton, Livingstone, North Burnett, Banana and Gladstone (west of the Bruce Highway).

Ms Trad said this assistance is on top of the support already being provided through the NDRRA for individuals, families, primary producers, small businesses and non-profit organisations.

"Following previous natural disasters, including Cyclone Oswald and the 2010-11 floods, support was available to residents who had lost electricity, but otherwise had no damage," Ms Trad said.

"However, in 2014, the Newman Government changed the scheme so that the loss of electricity no longer qualified someone for assistance.

"When I visited Central Queensland last week, locals raised with me their concerns about the change, so we've listened and responded to ensure they have the support needed to get back on their feet."

Communities Minister Shannon Fentiman said people can call the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 if they need immediate assistance.

"The Queensland Government's recovery partner Australian Red Cross will assist in distributing the food vouchers from tomorrow (Monday) to people in need," Ms Fentiman said.

"The Red Cross will have outreach teams visiting residents in the worst-hit areas and distributing the support where it's needed."

Further information is available on the Queensland Government's website at www.qld.gov.au/community.

Important details on today's announcement:

    Food vouchers of $200 for each individual, up to a maximum of $1000 per household will be distributed from tomorrow (Monday).
    To be eligible the household needs to have been without power for 7 days or more and be suffering hardship.
    Household must be located in the local government areas of Rockhampton, Livingstone, North Burnett, Banana and Gladstone (west of the Bruce Highway).
    For more information or to access the voucher contact the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 or visit a local community recovery centre at the following locations:



Rockhampton:                             

Walter Reid Centre

Corner Derby and East Streets

Open: 7 days, 8.30am to 5pm



James Lawrence Pavilion

Rockhampton Showgrounds, Wandall

Open: 7 days, 9am to 5pm



Yeppoon:                                       

Yeppoon Town Hall

25 Normanby Street

Open: 7 days, 8.30am to 5pm



Biloela:                                         

Biloela Research Station

98/102 State Farm Road

Open: 7 days, 8.30am to 5pm

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TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Tropical Low
Issued at 11:50 am EST Tuesday 10 March 2015. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 1.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20023.html

Details of Tropical Cyclone Nathan at 4:00 pm EST:

Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 95 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 130 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 65 kilometres of 13.8 degrees South 146.0 degrees East, estimated to be 115 kilometres north northeast of Lizard Island and 205 kilometres north northeast of Cooktown.

Movement: west southwest at 14 kilometres per hour.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING CENTRE BRISBANE

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP

Tropical Cyclone Nathan
Issued at 7:58 am EST Thursday 12 March 2015. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 13.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20023.html

Details of Tropical Cyclone Nathan at 4:00 am EST:

Intensity: Category 2, sustained winds near the centre of 100 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 140 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 45 kilometres of 13.5 degrees South 145.0 degrees East, estimated to be 90 kilometres northeast of Cape Melville and 220 kilometres north of Cooktown.

Movement: north northwest at 4 kilometres per hour.

Cyclone Nathan remains slow moving off the northeast Queensland coast north of Cape Melville. It is expected to begin moving east away from the coast during today.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20065.txt

IDQ20065
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Region
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 4:52 am EST on Sunday 15 March 2015
At 4 am EST Sunday, Tropical Cyclone Nathan (Category 1) with central pressure
994 hPa was located over the Coral sea near latitude 13.4 south longitude 147.5 east, which is
about 335 km east northeast of Cape Melville and 340 km northeast of Cooktown.
The cyclone is moving east at about 16 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Nathan has been moving steadily eastwards away from the
Queensland coast over the past 12 hours, and this general motion is extected to
continue for the next day or two. Following this, the system is likely to
become slow-moving over the western Coral Sea.  The cyclone remains a weak
category 1 system at present, however it is expected to remain in a favourable
environment for strengthening during the next day or two.

The system is not expected to have any significant impacts along the Queensland
coast in the next three days.

The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 11 am EST.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20065.txt

IDQ20065
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Region
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 10:50 am EST on Sunday 15 March 2015
At 10 am EST Sunday, Tropical Cyclone Nathan (Category 1) with central pressure
995 hPa was located over the Coral sea near latitude 13.0 south longitude 148.5 east, which is
about 445 km northeast of Cooktown and 525 km northeast of Cairns. The cyclone
is moving east at about 15 kilometres per hour.

Tropical cyclone Nathan is intensifying as it continues to move eastwards away
from the Queensland coast. Into Monday, tropical cyclone Nathan is expected to
intensify further into a category 3 system while adopting a slow southwards
track offshore of the Queensland coast.

No significant hazards are expected along the Queensland coast in the next few
days.

The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 5 pm EST.

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Brisbanetimes --> Cyclone Nathan could turn back to Queensland coast

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20065.txt

IDQ20065
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Region
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 11:00 am EST on Monday 16 March 2015
At 10 am EST Monday, Tropical Cyclone Nathan (Category 2) with central pressure
988 hPa was located over the Coral sea near latitude 13.9 south longitude 149.7 east, which is
about 510 km east northeast of Cooktown and 540 km northeast of Cairns. The
cyclone is moving south southeast at about 7 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Nathan will have no impact on the Queensland coast in the
short term.

Tropical cyclone Nathan is expected to intensify further during the next couple
of days while remaining well offshore of the Queensland coast. The system is
expected to adopt a slow southwards track during today and Tuesday.
Subsequently, the system will most likely begin to shift to the west during mid
to late week and will be carefully monitored in the days ahead.

The next Information Bulletin will be issued by 5 pm EST.

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Twitter

BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld now

An increasing risk of #CycloneNathan impacts to the northern Queensland coast from late Thursday into Friday.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20023.html

Details of Tropical Cyclone Nathan at 4:00 am EST:

Intensity: Category 1, sustained winds near the centre of 85 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 110 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 35 kilometres of 15.0 degrees South 149.4 degrees East, estimated to be 445 kilometres east northeast of Cairns and 450 kilometres east of Cooktown.

Movement: southwest at 4 kilometres per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Nathan is currently slow moving and is expected to begin moving west this morning towards the north Queensland coast.

The system should intensify as it approaches the coast and is currently forecast to reach category 3 strength by landfall.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

IDQ20038
Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Regional Office

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in the
Southern Downs and parts of the
Scenic Rim,
Toowoomba and
Lockyer Valley Council Areas.

Issued at 6:27 am Wednesday, 18 March 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 6:30 am, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Stanthorpe and Wallangarra. These thunderstorms are moving towards the northeast. They are forecast to affect Stanthorpe, the area south of Warwick and Dalveen by 7:00 am, and the Warwick area by 7:30 am.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

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BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld 5m

Severe Thunderstorm expected to hit the South East this morning. Click here for the latest http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/

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BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld 60m

#CycloneNathan warning area now extends north to Coen. For the latest information click http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings 

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Brisbanetimes --> Cyclone Nathan preparations under way

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20023.html

Details of Severe Tropical Cyclone Nathan at 7:00 pm EST:

Intensity: Category 3, sustained winds near the centre of 150 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 205 kilometres per hour.

Location: within 15 kilometres of 14.8 degrees South 146.6 degrees East, estimated to be 135 kilometres east of Cape Flattery and 160 kilometres east northeast of Cooktown.

Movement: west at 12 kilometres per hour.

Severe tropical cyclone Nathan is continuing its westward movement towards the far northeast Queensland coast. Further intensification is expected before the system makes landfall as a category 4 cyclone, most likely between Cape Melville and Cooktown early on Friday morning.

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Twitter

BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld 2 hours ago

Cape Flattery weather station has seen wind gusts of 79 knots or 146 km/h #CycloneNathan. http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone 

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Twitter

BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld 2 minutes ago

Cyclone Nathan is making landfall as a category 4 cyclone between Cape Melville and Cape Flattery. http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in the Logan, Redland, Brisbane City and parts of the Ipswich, Gold Coast and Moreton Bay Council Areas.

Issued at 1:39 pm Saturday, 21 March 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 1:45 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Beenleigh and Logan City. They are forecast to affect Cleveland, Dunwich and Peel Island by 2:15 pm and Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Airport and Mud Island by 2:45 pm.

Heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding is likely.

48mm of rain has been reported at Logan Village in the hour to 1.20pm

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Sitting at South Brisbane waiting for flooding at Central, Valley, Bowen Hills and behind us at South Bank to drain away. Water was almost up to the railhead at South Brisbane, but was flowing away quickly.

Driver/guard updating us every two or three minutes 

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Stand to ..

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20041.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of the
Wide Bay and Burnett and
Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.

Issued at 4:27 pm Saturday, 21 March 2015.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones over the next several hours in parts of the Darling Downs and Granite Belt district. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Toowoomba, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Boonah and Oakey.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the Wide Bay and Burnett district. Locations which may be affected include Gympie and Caboolture.

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Was in the city when it happened King George Bus station was flooding again water came through the ceiling. Thought they had fixed that up to prevent flooding and leaking through the ceiling?

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in parts of the Gympie, Somerset, Southern Downs, Dalby, South Burnett, Toowoomba, Lockyer Valley, Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay Council Areas.

Issued at 5:18 pm Saturday, 21 March 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 5:15 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Dalby, the area west of Kilcoy and Pikedale. These thunderstorms are moving towards the north. They are forecast to affect the area east of Dalby, the area north of Dalby and Linville by 5:45 pm and Toowoomba, the area northeast of Dalby and Nanango by 6:15 pm.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

A person was rescued from Norman Creek waters at Greenslope this afternoon.

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND, HEAVY RAINFALL and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in the Somerset and parts of the Gympie, Southern Downs, South Burnett, Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley Council Areas.

Issued at 6:24 pm Saturday, 21 March 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 6:25 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Haden, Cooyar, Hampton and the area west of Warwick. These thunderstorms are moving towards the north to northeast. They are forecast to affect the area south of Kingaroy, Blackbutt and Yarraman by 6:55 pm and Warwick, Kingaroy and the area northwest of Esk by 7:25 pm.

Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.

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Robert Dow ‏@Robert_Dow 6 seconds ago

Moving N / NNE BOM > http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip ...

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BOM Queensland ‏@BOM_Qld 13 minutes ago

Heavy rain in storms moving north again through northern Gold Coast and into #Bne. 30mm in 30 mins at Camp Hill.

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Media Release
Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade
The Honourable Jackie Trad

TC Marcia recovery plan for Central Queensland communities

The Queensland Government has released a comprehensive plan to assist communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Marcia.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning Jackie Trad said the government will work hand in hand with local councils and communities to rebuild their towns, homes, businesses and economies.

"TC Marcia affected 14 Central Queensland council areas with wind gusts of up to 285 kilometres an hour. Almost 2,000 properties were damaged and many more lives have been affected," Ms Trad said.

"The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) had a sunset clause that was due to expire on 30 June 2015 and today I am pleased to announce that Cabinet approved legislation, to be introduced in the first sitting of Parliament, to make the QRA a permanent feature of the disaster recovery landscape."

"We will work with these communities, local governments and businesses to help them get back on their feet, to rebuild strong and vibrant towns.

"The Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia Recovery Plan aims to make it a smoother and faster journey—it provides direction to rebuild the houses, roads, businesses, the environment and through this, the economy."

Ms Trad said the Recovery Plan would guide the coordination and management of recovery, reconstruction and disaster resilience activities.

"I saw first-hand how this cyclone turned lives upside down and I recognise that many of these communities have suffered from multiple extreme weather events," Ms Trad said.

"Our government will bring together government agencies, councils, industry and the community to identify key tasks, milestones and completion dates of the work to be undertaken.

"The Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia Recovery Plan maps out the next two years. Phase one is already complete with post-impact recovery activities deployed immediately after TC Marcia crossed the coast."

"Phase Two Recovery and Reconstruction is now underway and will conclude on 30 June 2017, while Phase Three will see any outstanding recovery initiatives transition to agencies to be managed."

"Time and time again Queenslanders have shown they can work together to quickly respond to disasters—we can and we will rebuild a more resilient Central Queensland," Ms Trad said.

View the Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia Recovery Plan at: http://dlgcrr.qld.gov.au/information-for-the-public/community-recovery-and-resilience.html

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

IDQ20038
Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Regional Office

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for DAMAGING WIND and HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in the Ipswich and parts of the Somerset, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Brisbane City Council Areas.

Issued at 4:07 pm Thursday, 26 March 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 4:15 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Laidley and Gatton. These thunderstorms are moving towards the east. They are forecast to affect the area south of Esk, Rosewood and Hatton Vale by 4:45 pm and Ipswich, southern Lake Wivenhoe and northern Lake Wivenhoe by 5:15 pm.

Damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding are likely.

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Moving East ..

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20038.html

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING - SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
for HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in parts of the
Somerset,
Sunshine Coast,
Brisbane City and
Moreton Bay Council Areas.

Issued at 8:04 am Wednesday, 1 April 2015.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 7:55 am, two separate bands of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms were affecting southeast Queensland, one band extends through the northern suburbs of Brisbane, while the other is moving onto the southern Sunshine Coast area, extending into the adjacent hinterland.

These storms are likely to produce prolonged periods of heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.

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Brisbanetimes --> A dozen SEQ dams overflowing

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MINOR FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MARY RIVER

>> http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/warnings/flood/mary-river.shtml

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http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20032.html

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SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
for DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL and DANGEROUS SURF

For people in the
Southeast Coast and parts of the
Wide Bay and Burnett and
Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.

Issued at 11:26 am Thursday, 30 April 2015.

Synoptic Situation:

A strong upper trough will move east into the southeastern interior of Queensland on Friday and then will move off the southern coast during Saturday. A surface trough will deepen near Fraser Island during Friday, with a low pressure system most likely developing and slipping southwards over southern Queensland waters during Friday evening and Saturday morning.

A moist wind flow to the south of the surface trough is expected to combine with the upper feature to generate heavy rain, which may lead to flash flooding, over areas southeast of about Hervey Bay to Dalby to Warwick on Friday. 24 hour totals of 50 to 150mm are likely over inland parts, increasing to 200 to 400mm nearer to the coast with some isolated heavier falls possible.

The heavy rain areas should contract southeast during Friday, gradually clearing the Gold Coast during Saturday morning.

Damaging winds, with peak gusts of around 90km/h are possible from tomorrow afternoon near coastal areas as the surface trough develops offshore.

The low will also most likely generate large swells as it slips southwards during Friday and early Saturday, with dangerous surf developing about Fraser Island, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast beaches.

Locally heavy falls are also expected today though are more likely to be associated with thunderstorms. Severe thunderstorm warnings will be issued as necessary.

A Flood Watch is current for parts of the Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast, Darling Downs and Granite Belt and Maranoa and Warrego forecast districts.

Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Dalby, Maroochydore, Gympie, Kingaroy and Hervey Bay waters.

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prepare for massive delays no matter what form of transport lol.......im tipping coro drive bus delays minimum "up to" 90 minutes.....
potential for caboolture (perhaps even from bowen hills) to sunny coast line to be knocked out.......and then yet to see what the gold coast line will cop later this evening! already seeing lightning flashes here at archerfield....

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I wonder how Fortitude Valley Station is coping with this deluge? Its been constantly heavy at Milton all afternoon

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Brisbanetimes --> 'Worst flash-flood in living memory': Mayor

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Media Release
Minister for Main Roads, Road Safety and Ports and Minister for Energy and Water Supply
The Honourable Mark Bailey

Dam levels in south east Queensland

Minister for Water Supply Mark Bailey has been assured by Seqwater that South East Queensland's dam levels are being closely monitored as rain falls across the region.

Mr Bailey said the latest advice from Seqwater is that rainfall over the last few hours means controlled gated dam releases are required from Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams tonight.

"I understand Seqwater is already releasing water from Somerset Dam into Wivenhoe Dam to manage inflows, and that this is necessary to balance storage levels across both dams as part of normal operational procedures," he said.

"Seqwater has advised that, although both flood storage compartments of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are available, high inflows mean that controlled releases are now required.

"I'm advised impacts are only expected to relate to the closure of minor river crossings, with controlled releases expected to occur over the next few days.

"Based on Seqwater's advice that 11 un-gated dams are spilling, people should take the utmost care downstream of these dams. Remember, if it's flooded, forget it.

"I've been assured that Seqwater flood engineers maintain a 24/7 watching brief of all dams across the region.

"Their job is to monitor dam levels in association with rainfall forecast and the potential consequences of inflows into South East Queensland's dams."

Seqwater's Flood Operations Centre was mobilised earlier this afternoon.

Mr Bailey said residents should also consider information available from other agencies, including local councils for road closures, and the Bureau of Meteorology for weather forecasts.

South East Queensland residents can be alerted of gated dam releases or dams which are spilling by signing up to Seqwater's free dam release notification service.

To register for Seqwater's dam release notification service, visit www.seqwater.com.au/dam-release-information-service.

For the latest information on Seqwater dam levels, go to www.seqwater.com.au/water-supply/dam-levels.