Police implore QLD kids to not play in floodwater after teen gets sucked into drain

Police are pleading with people to avoid floodwaters as rain continues to batter Queensland. Video by Queensland Police via AAP

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00:00Over the last few days we've seen significant rainfall over parts of Queensland and over

00:05the coming days we're expecting to see more rainfall through the eastern parts of Queensland.

00:09We are also monitoring a tropical low that's forming up around Weeper and is expected to

00:14travel down the coast and move offshore towns for later this week.

00:19I wanted to take this opportunity just to remind people that if it's flooded, forget

00:25it.

00:26Please don't drive through flood borders.

00:27Please don't put your life at risk and the lives of emergency services workers at risk

00:32by driving through our flood borders.

00:33Over the last few weeks, we're only early in the season and we've already seen risky

00:38behaviour being undertaken with people driving through flood borders.

00:42The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, the SES, the Rural Fire Service, the Queensland

00:47Ambulance Service have already had to rescue many people from flood borders from the west

00:52of the state to the southeast corner and the north of the state.

00:56So please, I implore you, particularly leading into Christmas, please do not drive through

01:00flood borders.

01:01It's not worth it.

01:02Don't put your life at risk.

01:04And can I also take this opportunity to remind people not to play in flood waters.

01:08I know it's school holidays, I know the kids are home, but can we please remind our children

01:13not to play in flood waters.

01:15Only this week we saw a young 15-year-old boy in far north Queensland get sucked down

01:20one of our drains.

01:21We were lucky on that occasion that that boy came out with some scratches and bruises,

01:26but we do not want to see bad outcomes from kids playing in flood waters.

01:30So mums and dads, can I implore on you, have a conversation with the kids, tell them how

01:35dangerous it is.

01:36You just do not know what's under that water.

01:38If you stay out of our flood waters, we'll be safe this year and we can have a great Christmas.