Coastal Queensland has been put on flood watch with up to 200mm of rainfall expected to drench the region from Wednesday afternoon.
Catchments from Cairns to Gladstone, including Townsville, Mackay and Rockhampton have been warned to prepare for potential flooding after the Bureau of Meteorology predicted between 100mm-200mm of rainfall in the area.
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Since Cyclone Debbie struck in late March, extreme weather has wreaked a path of destruction across Queensland and New South Wales.
The big soak was thanks to a trough slowly moving south through the area and was due to extend inland to include the Burdekin and Fitzroy catchment.
The system was expected to weaken as it moved into the south-east coastal districts, including Brisbane, by Friday with rainfall predictions between 25-75mm.
The bureau's weather services manager Richard Wardle assured coastal residents the oncoming big wet and associated flooding would not be as severe as that felt in the wake of cyclone Debbie, which broke rainfall records.
"While there is the potential for riverine and flash flooding, rainfall totals and flood levels associated with this system will be generally lower than those seen with the passage of ex-tropical cyclone Debbie," he said.
Initial Flood Watches issued for Coastal catchments & South-Western Queensland. Keep up to date: https://t.co/FBmpsInT9o pic.twitter.com/dz0kdt9Cq8
— BOM Queensland (@BOM_Qld) May 16, 2017
On Thursday morning, the bureau said some areas of eastern Queensland had already picked up between 50 and 80 millimetres.
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A second trough was also forecast to move through the south-west Channel Country and Western Queensland from Thursday.
Showers and thunderstorms, with expected rainfall of between 30-50mm, were expected to stay in the region until Friday, Mr Wardle said.
"The most likely area for storms will be near and to the east of this slow moving surface trough, from Cloncurry south to Cunnamulla, including the towns of Winton, Windorah, Quilpie, Thargomindah, Longreach, and Charleville. Some of these storms may be severe," he said.
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