Queensland’s north hit by heavy rain and floods as tropical storm heads south

Rain is forecast for Queensland’s south-east as a tropical storm that has caused flooding in the far north heads south. File photo of Gold Coast floods. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

The tropical storm that has caused widespread flooding across far north Queensland is heading south, but is expected to ease before it hits Brisbane, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Parts of Queensland’s north-west were hit with more than 500mm of rain in the 48 hours to Thursday morning, the BoM information specialist Danny Teece-Johnson said.