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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Rain, fire risk and a cyclone: flood alerts in Queensland’s north as wild weather forecast across Australia

A bridge over the Flinders River
A major flood warning is in place for the Flinders River as wild weather hits parts of Australia. Photograph: Khaled Al Khawaldeh/The Guardian

Floods, fires and an approaching cyclone are threatening different parts of the Australia on Monday as severe weather continues into the final week of 2025.

The flood situation across northern Queensland remained “dynamic”, according to Jonathan How, a forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology, with a slow-moving monsoon trough and low-pressure system expected to deliver further falls of 50mm to 100mm across the north-west, and 50mm to 150mm along the north-east tropical coast.

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