Holiday Travellers Warned Worst Wet Weather yet to Come

A supplied image obtained on Dec. 2, 2024, shows a Queensland Fire and Rescue Service sign warning against entering floodwaters during heavy rainfall at Hardys Road in Mudgeeraba, Queensland. AAP Image/Supplied by City of Gold Coast, via Queensland Fire Department

Holiday travellers have been warned to think again before hitting the road in northern Australia with the weather forecast anything but festive.

Most of north Queensland was saturated with up to 100 millimetres of rain on Dec. 20 as storms battered the tropical coast.