Overnight, Brisbane streets have recorded 140 millimetres of rainfall, with another 135 millimeters expected to fall over the next seven days.
The Bureau of Meteorology has today declared that the La Nina event is well underway in the Pacific and warned that storm cells moving about parts of the south-east could bring further rainfall and flash flooding for the rest of the week.
This follows just yesterday the Queensland government releasing a $19 million dollar resilience and risk reduction disaster fund which communities can apply for if affected. Already the SES has attended to 11 calls for assistance with sandbagging and property repairs since Tuesday this week.