Overview
- A severe weather warning covers the coast between Townsville and Bowen, with six‑hourly totals of 80–150mm likely and isolated falls potentially above 200–220mm, following 115mm in Townsville over the past day.
- The Flinders River is near 11 metres and rising and is forecast to stay above the major flood level well into next week, with slow upstream inflows prolonging peaks.
- Rivers across the Gulf and north‑west remain swollen, including the Norman at Glenore Weir just above 12 metres and slowly rising, and the Leichhardt and Nicholson with peaks moving toward Floraville and Escott Station.
- Multiple Gulf communities are cut off as key highways and developmental roads remain closed, with authorities cautioning that isolation and flood impacts could persist for days.
- Authorities confirmed a man in his 70s died in floodwaters at Normanton and urged the public to avoid inundated areas, as record multi‑day rain over one metre was logged at several North Tropical Coast sites and crocodiles were sighted in floodwater.