Flood watches still in place as heavy rain and strong winds continue in south-east Queensland

Parts of south east Queensland have been lashed by strong winds overnight, and heavy rain is continuing to fall with flood watches in place.

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00:00It's a very wet day here in Brisbane as rain from ex-tropical cyclone Alfred continues

00:08to fall. Large trees have been toppled by strong winds, creeks are close to bursting

00:14their banks and debris lines the streets. The Bureau of Meteorology says while those

00:21strong winds experienced on Saturday night have eased slightly, heavy falls and flash

00:26flooding is developing across the southeast and is expected to become more widespread

00:31across Brisbane, Ipswich, the Sunsign Coast and Gympie as the day progresses. They say

00:3724 hourly totals of between 120 and 200 millimetres are likely. Residents in some low-lying areas

00:45are concerned while others are hoping for a break in the weather soon.

00:492022 was lapping at the underside of this bridge. It was starting to back up on the

00:54streets around here so hopefully it eases off soon and we don't see a repeat of that.

00:58Everyone was still prepared so we were still, as I said, on edge, just ready to whatever

01:03happens really so yeah, you only do so much. Flood warnings are in place for various rivers

01:08across the southeast including a minor warning for the Brisbane River and major warnings

01:13for the Logan and Bremer Rivers. The Bureau of Meteorology says heavy rainfall is expected

01:19to ease from tomorrow afternoon but as you can see from the Kedron Brook behind me, we're

01:25not out of the woods just yet.