A short but intense rain bomb that hit Cairns on Saturday night dumped an astonishing volume of rain between midnight and 3am.
Queenslanders are being warned there is a growing chance that a cyclone will form before the end of the week, as a tropical low looks set to cause more weather-related pain for the region.
A tropical low is threatening to develop into a cyclone as it approaches a region already reeling from heavy flooding that has isolated communities.