Flash floods may hit Queensland
The king tide on the Maroochy River yesterday.
EX-TROPICAL Cyclone Olga continues to dump heavy rain across Queensland with forecasters saying flash floods could hit between Mackay and Roma.
The heart of the weather system is currently near Barcaldine, in central west Queensland.
It's expected to move slowly south-southwest over western Queensland in the next few days.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says the heavy rain is the result of former cyclone Olga combined with a monsoon trough, which is predicted to move south into central Queensland communities west of Rockhampton.
Forecasters have predicted possible flash flooding and isolated damaging wind gusts of up to 90km/h.
Weather bureau senior forecaster Ben Annells says heavy rain will continue for the next couple of days, easing by Wednesday.
Over the weekend, heavy falls were recorded in northern and central Queensland and huge swells and king tides were reported in coastal communities around the state.
In the 24 hours to 9am, the regions to have received the heaviest rainfall include Camilla Beach (270mm), St Lawrence (202mm) and Yeppoon (161mm).
In the previous 24 hours, Mackay received up to 330mm, and Mayor Col Meng said a king tide of 6.6m hit the sugar city about 11.30am (AEST) on Sunday.
Sunwater spokesman Colin Benall told ABC radio there had been significant inflows into major dams around Townsville and Mackay, as well as the state's second largest dam in Emerald.
Meanwhile, king tides along the Gold Coast are expected to reach 1.80m just before 10am on Monday.
Tides on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, could reach 2.1m, about the same time.
The weather bureau says homes along the coast or canal estates could be inundated.
Extremely high tides are expected to continue until Saturday.
Gold Coast City Council's Lifeguard supervisor Luke Ingwersen said the high tides shouldn't put swimmers off.
"Stay in between the red and yellow flags and check with lifeguards if you're unsure about entering the waters," Mr Ingwersen said.
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