However, cyclonic-like rain totals have lashed Townsville and surrounds with forecasts of 200mm to 400mm expected through Sunday into Monday. The forecast falls come after isolated seven-day ...

with the flood falling short of its feared peak. Residents who evacuated Townsville’s low-lying Black Zone have now been cleared to return home.

Gabriel Branescu from the Bureau of Meteorology said the warning included Townsville, Ingham and Cardwell. He said there could be falls between 140mm to 200mm in a six-hour period, or up to 250mm ...