WILD weather across the state is easing with the Department of Community Safety cancelling alerts in several regions.
7.25pm: THE Bureau Meteorology has issued flood warnings for residents along the Bremer River and Logan River this evening.
The weather bureau is warning the Bremer River may have a renewed peak of up to 7m just upstream of Ipswich overnight.
Hydrologist Jeff Carey said there could also be two minor flood level peaks along the upper Logan River.
"The first peak could be seen between Rathdowney and Round Mountain, and the other downstream between Yarrahappini and Maclean Bridge," he said.
Water levels are receding in the Lockyer, Laidley and Warrill Creeks.
Danya Schuler and husband Pascal Stussi with son Kayden Stussi, 3, take on the wind and rain with their dog Roxy at Coolum. Picture: Megan Slade
More showers are forecast, but the immediate threat of flooding is thought to have eased.
In Dalby, perhaps the worst hit town in recent days, flood waters are receding in several places but rising in others as showers continue in the area.
Dalby police said the Warrego highway has been cut at Dalby and Warra.
Charlies Creek at Chinchilla is also rising and is likely to cut the highway within the next few hours.
The Moonie highway is also closed 4km outside of Dalby.
Rain didn't stop the fun at the Future Music Festival at Doomben Race Track in Brisbane. See the full report in mX. Picture: Steve Pohlner
The Warrego Highway to Toowoomba has been reopened but is in a severely damaged state and motorists are advised to avoid the area or take of extreme road conditions.
In Bundaberg, the Burnett River is rising but Bundaberg police said there are no properties currently at risk.
People in Maryborough are again monitoring the Mary River, but a police spokesperson said the local rainfall is not posing an issue.
All roads and bridges remain open but police are on alert for a rise in the river in around two days time when water from falls upstream hits the town.
11am: UNSTABLE weather conditions have forced the closure of most Gold Coast beaches today.
There are 28 beaches closed across the Gold Coast, although seven remain open.
Rain didn't stop the fun at the Future Music Festival at Doomben Race Track in Brisbane. See the full report in mX. Picture: Steve Pohlner
Gold Coast Surf Life-Saving co-ordinator Peter Anderson has warned swimmers to only swim between the flags and not to enter the water at any closed beach.
Strong undercurrents and large swells are increasing with the upcoming high tide at 11.50am and erosion is continuing to cause issues with beach access.
Waves from a 1.5m to 2.5m have been recorded.
Beaches the length of the Sunshine Coast are also closed.
Exposed beaches from Sunshine Beach to Caloundra have been deemed unsafe for swimming, with 15 beaches closed.
There is a large amount of debris and dirty water causing unsafe and unstable and dangerous conditions.
Ella Young and and Mika Dargie don't let Brisbane's wet weather stop them trying out for the Lingerie Football League. Picture: Peter Wallis
Maroochydore beach is closed due to severe erosion.
Meanwhile, several major highways across the state have been cut including the Dawson highway, the Leichardt highway, the Bunya highway and the Burnett highway.
The Bureau of Meteorology continues to have flood warnings in place for the Brisbane, Mary and Bremer rivers with low lying areas at risk of flooding.
The wet conditions saw 10 people rescued from flood waters by emergency services across Brisbane last night.
Around midnight, swift water rescue crews helped ambulance services reach a patient stranded in a home on Upper Brookfield Road at Brookfield.
The crews crossed several flooded waterways to transport the patient and another resident to hospital.
Ella Young and and Mika Dargie don't let Brisbane's wet weather stop them trying out for the Lingerie Football League. Picture: Peter Wallis
In Lawnton two people were rescued from Leis Park on Leis Parade at around 12.30am when they realised they had become surrounded by waist deep flood waters.
The SES used flood flotation devices to escort the couple out of the park.
Three young children and three adults were also rescued from the roof of their car in the early hours of this morning at Brightview near Lowood.
They became stranded after attempting to drive through flood waters.
Emergency services are urging people to avoid flood waters and not to drive through flooded roads.
8am: DALBY residents fled to higher ground overnight to avoid possible flooding, but the weather bureau has predicted the worst has been and gone.
Creek levels in the town, north west of Toowoomba, peaked at 3.21m on Saturday night, slightly below predictions.
Flood waters are starting to recede this morning but showers and storms over the next couple could change the situation.
Senior forecaster at the bureau Pardeep Singh said the southeast can say goodbye to the low pressure system that dumped heavy rain yesterday.
"(It will be a) generally quieter week in the south east. Might see a bit of sun soon," he said.
The system will weaken as it moves north in the next few days, he said.
Showers are expected today in the Lockyer Valley, which is on flood alert.
A motorist braves flooded Albert Street in Goodna. Pic: Paul Tully
Minor flood levels may be reached but should ease quickly.
Flash flooding was seen throughout Brisbane and surrounds yesterday as parts of the city recorded falls of almost 100mm.
The weather bureau confirmed the city has received half its annual rainfall already this year.
Brisbane's average for March is 148mm, with 92mm recorded in the past 24 hours.
Many areas around the southeast have recorded rainfall in excess of 100mm since yesterday.
The bureau said most areas around Brisbane received around 80mm but Mt Gravatt in the south saw more than 110mm.
Flooding in Lotus Street, Woolloongabba near the Russian Club Pic: Gerard O'Connor
Caboolture, north of Brisbane, recorded the most rain in for the state with 142mm since 9am Saturday.
Overnight, it was reported that drenching rains since the start of the year have seen Brisbane receive more than half its annual average rainfall.
Thanks to the rain associated with ex-Cyclone Oswald, a wet February and a soggy start to March, more than 600mm has fallen on Brisbane, where the annual mean rainfall is 1149mm.
The bucketing is just a snapshot of a wild start to 2013 in Queensland - with more to come.
The weather bureau is watching a monsoon trough in the north that could turn into a cyclone, bringing more rain to drench Queensland.
Brisbane will today exceed its March average rainfall in the wettest weekend since the Australia Day holiday deluge.
From late Friday night to yesterday evening, between 100 and 120mm had fallen, with another 50 to 70mm expected before noon today, as a result of an upper air system fuelled by moist east-northeasterlies.
The downpour appeared likely to match or even beat the 145mm soaking Brisbane received on January 28, as well as the monthly average for March of 140.7mm.
Weather bureau senior forecaster Praveep Singh said the Gold and Sunshine coasts may also beat their monthly average.
"We could end up getting close to 200mm in the southeast, particularly in the hinterland areas," he said. "We're not expecting it to clear until later tomorrow."
The solid rain forced more releases from Brisbane's Wivenhoe and North Pine dams to reduce rising supply levels back to 88 per cent.
The latest drenching triggered an emergency alert for areas in the Lockyer Valley last night, with residents in Forest Hill, Laidley and Glenore Grove warned of possible flooding and urged to evacuate to centres at Laidley High School and Forest Hill Community Hall if necessary.
Residents in the Biloela region, southwest of Gladstone, were also on alert after the Banana Shire Council advised of an imminent threat to life or property at 9.30pm due to flooding of the Grevillea Creek. Those in the area were being urged to leave immediately.
And authorities in Dalby, west of Toowoomba, were last night expecting 30 homes to be inundated as the Myall Creek inched towards a 3.2m peak.
Reporting by Kathleen Donaghey, Robyn Ironside, Kris Crane and Caitlin Drysdale
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