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It is now sitting over the Central Highlands and Coalfield regions and is still having a big impact on the state.
A large rescue took place at Greenacre near Rockhampton, where a woman, her two children and two dogs were caught in their car.
Crisafulli said he was proud of how the state had responded to the ex-cyclone, but insisted the danger was far from over.
“Our message remains that there is that risk of heavy rainfall, and that’s always been what we’ve consistently said,” Crisafulli told Today.
“There are the real risk of having those really heavy rains, which could lead to flooding because those catchments are very full.”
He said there had been no loss of life from the weekend’s storms, but more than 40,000 livestock and cattle are estimated to have perished due to the weather.
Drinking water in some areas, including the Pioneer Valley region, have been impacted, with residents told to use their own clean containers to access clean water from temporary tankers.
“At one stage, we were at 23,000 homes and businesses without power, that is now down to 2500,” he said.
“That doesn’t happen by magic, that happens because people work through the night and resources are on the ground.”
He urged Queenslanders to remain vigilant over the next couple of days: “Queenslanders know how to handle heavy rain, we are a very disaster-resilient state, we’ll just continue to put out that messaging that there is that risk in the next 24-48 hours of some really significant rainfall in patches.
“If people do the right thing and make their preparations, we will get through this unscathed.”
Crisafulli has also confirmed he will chair the state disaster meeting in Prosperine in the Whitsundays region, insisting people in the western parts of the state being smashed by the wild weather “will not be forgotten”.
