Brisbane sees coldest November day in 12 years as rain continues to fall across Queensland

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An intense downpour in the west and unusually cool conditions in south-east. Queenslanders are getting an early taste of the extreme summer season ahead. Charleville has been swamped by a one in 50-year rain event. While dreary skies over Brisbane gave the capital its coldest November day in 12 years, heavy rain is expected to move north over the coming days.

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00:00Water lapsed this south-west Queensland home after almost 100 millimetres fell near Charleville

00:10in just one hour, a one in 50 year weather event.

00:14In the south-east, no way through after days of downpours.

00:20Commuters in Brisbane's west diverted after localised flooding forced road closures.

00:25We have already started to see an active severe weather season.

00:29Mount Coot-tha's waterways were topped up as the south-east copped persistent rain.

00:35At Caboolture we saw just under 100 millimetres.

00:37I think it ended up with 98 millimetres to 9am this morning and also a couple of locations

00:42on the Sunshine Coast.

00:43Enoggera Dam overflowing, one of six spilling across the state.

00:48Attention now turning north.

00:50200 millimetres is certainly a potential 24 hour rainfall that we might end up with in

00:55a couple of gauges around the central coast.

00:58Unfortunately at this stage the exact locations where we might see those falls is not very

01:02certain.

01:03The Disaster Management Committee is planning ahead for the high-risk summer.

01:08It's important that ministers, departments and agencies are all on the same page ahead

01:14of the disaster season.

01:16It's important that we send the message that we are ready.

01:18When we do see heavy downfalls in isolated areas, we see rapid rises in those creek systems

01:25and now that we've had this rainfall early in the season, we'll see that throughout the season.

01:29And a warning for people risking floodwaters.

01:32We lose more lives during a disaster season by reckless behaviour of driving through water

01:37than we do from the disasters.

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