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Cars driving through water over a regional street.

Rescue crews in floodwater in Townsville
Rescue crews in floodwaters in Townsville.(Supplied)

A backyard covered by floodwaters.
A backyard submerged in Townsville.(Supplied: Kerri Bailey)

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Two men shovelling sand into bags.
Rory and Luke filling up sandbags to prepare for possible flooding in Bowen.(ABC News: Erin Byrnes)

A man standing behind a bar.
Paul Goodrick says he will be watching the creek behind his business near Innisfail with heavy rain forecast.(ABC News: Rachel Stewart)

Water on road near Innisfail
Water across the road at South Johnstone near Innisfail.(ABC News: Rachel Stewart)

Truck driving over bridge with water
The Mulgrave River catchment south of Cairns has received hundreds of millimetres of rain this week.(ABC Far North Qld: Christopher Testa)

Shirtless man filling sandbag
Residents south of Cairns have been filling sandbags.(ABC Far North Qld: Christopher Testa)

A man holding up a beer can and smiling.
Bob Roach, 93, enjoying a beer from the shelter of his local pub.(ABC News: Erin Byrnes)

A man in a rain jacket, sitting at a pub.
James Joyce plans to wait out the wet weather at The Larrikin Hotel.(ABC News: Alexandria Utting)

A pub with a large sign that reads 'The Larrikin Hotel'.
Bowen locals are used to wet weather at this time of year — but remember if it's flooded, forget it.(ABC News: Erin Byrnes)

A map showing colour blobs representing low pressure weather systems in the oceans around a map of Australia
Meteorologists forecast three lows around north Queensland on Monday.(Supplied: Bureau of Meteorology)

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