The furthest city of Australia from the sea is surrounded by water after record rainfall that cuts and isolated communities.
The 98-person community of Eroma in the southwest of Queensland was flooded after heavy rain had beaten in the interior and coastal areas, causing widespread flooding warnings.
The Opaal Mijnstad is located near the border of Queensland-Zuid-Australia and is usually bone dry. However, it has suddenly been struck by flooding, along with other external Queensland cities, including Adavale and Quilpie after record falls.
The Channel Country region reportedly registered its wettest day of March in 15 years on Tuesday after 130 mm, without lighting in sight for a flooding Queensland.
Up to 100 mm was recorded in Channel Country, Maranoa and Warrego as well as central and northwestern regions.
The central west of Queensland is one of the most difficult affected by 208 mm recorded in Bogewong and 169 mm in Stonehenge.
“These figures are exceptionally high for this area that is normally very dry,” said the Bureau of Meteorology's Angus Hines.
More rainfall has been predicted for Central and Southwest -Queensland, with a heavy weather warning from Julia Creek to Charleville – an area that spans nearly 1,000 km.
The 98-person community of Eroma or in the southwest of Queensland was flooded after heavy rain had struck inland and coastal areas, causing widespread flooding warnings
Located near the border between Queensland-South Australia, the Opaal Mijnstad is usually bone dry
However, it has suddenly been struck by flooding, along with other external Queensland cities, including adavale and quilpie after recordfalls
The warning zone includes Longreach, Winton, Barcaldine and Quilpie, with a maximum of 120 mm of rain possible on Wednesday.
Heavy waterfalls have also affected coastal areas, including a region that still recovers from devastating floods.
Noord -Veensland has caught part of the worst of the wet weather with 145 mm at Rollingstone, 142 mm at the Pinnacles and 115 mm in Townsville.
The region was already hit hard by February floods caused by record rainfall that claimed two lives, hundreds forced to evacuate for days and to reduce power.
“Rain will continue today for the most of the state,” warned Mr Hines.
“Some of these areas have been wet since the weekend, which means that the rain that is currently falling falls on a saturated landscape.”
Large flood warnings are activated in Central and West -Queensland.
“Experience the most important rivers through the center and west of the state or expect some floods today or in the coming week,” said Mr Hines.
More rainfall is predicted for Central and Southwest -Queensland
The Channel Country region reportedly registered its wettest day of March in 15 years on Tuesday after 130 mm fell, without lighting in sight for a flooding hit Queensland
In the coming days, the rain will shift to the south, with a 'very wet day' forecast from coastal areas of the Yeppoon from Central Queensland to Southern NSWs Bega, including Brisbane and Sydney, on Saturday.
At the beginning of March, Southeast Queensland and Noord-NSW wore the victim of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred who left more than 200,000 people without power.
The Cycloon was the first in more than 50 years to influence the southeast of Queensland.
