Queensland's north coast is being battered by heavy rain as a monsoon trough brings severe thunderstorms and heavy falls to the region.
An alert for potentially life-threatening flash flooding is in place, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning six-hour rainfall totals between 100 and 180mm are likely along a 630km stretch of coast between Cardwell and Carmila.
Isolated 24-hour totals of more than 300mm are also possible on Saturday and into Sunday, the bureau said.
