A tropical low moved from the Coral Sea onto Cape York Peninsula before moving back into the Coral Sea and then down into the Tasman Sea. Two cars collided with a truck near Yalboroo, south of Proserpine, in heavy rain 23 Jan 2004, resulting in two deaths and three injuries. A farmer drowned in floods in the Burdekin District. There was a rescue in the Townsville region with this event when a truck driver became stranded on his vehicle There was an unofficial though reliable report of 642mm of rain in 24 hours just to the west of Townsville on Sunday morning 23 Jan 2004.

More than 10 people have been rescued from floodwaters south of Charters Towers in north Queensland overnight. Rivers and creeks have flooded, isolating the mining town after a weekend of relentless rain in the region. Ten tourists have been rescued in the Whitsundays, in north Queensland, after being caught by rising floodwaters. Maximum average winds at land stations Hayman Island 100/42 knots 241234UTC.

Rockhampton Regional Council in partnership with the Queensland a…