Heavy rain is continuing to batter Queensland's north with rivers rising and large parts of the region on alert for flash flooding. Further north, Innisfail has seen about 700 millimetres of rain and Ingham about 600 millimetres. READ MORE: Search under way after man stabbed at NSW service station Flood warnings remain in place for rivers and creeks across Queensland's north. "For north-west Queensland, that severe weather warning for heavy rain has now been canceled, but we could see thunderstorms bringing pockets of heavy rain which could exacerbate some of those current flood and flash flooding conditions." "We could still see some heavy rain move onto the coast and we could still see further severe weather warnings as well as severe thunderstorm warnings into the weekend."

Source: The North Africa Journal January 02, 2026 04:30 UTC