Hundreds of Australians have been told to evacuate their homes as Queensland faces another flooding emergency.
More than a dozen warnings were issued on Friday, telling residents in several regions to prepare their homes and evacuate if needed.
One person died in flooding in the state's north earlier this week.
The storm system has now moved south towards Queensland's heavily populated southeast, which includes Brisbane.
In February, Queensland was devastated by floods that killed 13 people and inundated more than 20,000 homes. Another nine people were killed in floods in neighbouring New South Wales.
Major flooding was forecast for several rivers on Friday. Residents in Gympie, north of the state capital, were warned to expect flooding for the second time in recent months.
In the February disaster, 800 homes and businesses in the town were affected when the river peaked at 23m.
Mayor Glen Hartwig said they were anxious to see how high the local Mary River would rise this time. If it reaches a peak of 15m, businesses - but not homes - will be affected.
"At 16m, it's snorkels or nothing," he told the ABC.
Floods also inundated some towns on Friday in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, and cut off a major highway.
About 300 homes in the region were expected to be affected, after 68 were inundated in February.
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