Original story by Renee Cluff, ABC News
The weather bureau is warning of flash flooding between Cairns and Innisfail in far north Queensland, as a monsoon trough dumps heavy rain across the region.
Forecaster Bill O’Connor says the heavy falls are expected to continue this morning.
“Mainly for those people down through the Goldsborough Valley, Gordonvale, south of Edmonton – there’s going to be a continuation,” he said.
“Watch out for some of the rainfall, watch out for any creek crossings, river crossings,
“Peet’s Bridge, for example, it’s still below the bridge at the moment but I wouldn’t be surprised if during this morning we see that sort of trickle over the top of the bridge, down through that area.”
He says Babinda has been the worst affected area so far.
“The highest rain we’ve had so far is 398mm since nine o’clock yesterday down at the Boulders,” he said.
“Got a severe weather warning out for Cairns area and heading south basically down to Innisfail but we’ve seen lots of totals above the 200mm mark overnight.”
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