Australian Defence Force deployed to help with storm clean-up as severe weather warning cancelled
ABCThe threat of heavy rainfall is moving north to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, but the severe weather warning has been cancelled for south-east Queensland and Wide Bay and Burnett. It's a welcome change for residents cleaning up from Christmas storms on the Gold Coast, as the defence force is deployed to assist, but the weather bureau has warned "heavy falls with showers and thunderstorms may possibly redevelop about the Sunshine Coast" and further north on Tuesday evening. "We do have flood warnings in place, particularly around the Gold Coast areas, but being mindful this weather system will see the focus … shift towards Brisbane and upwards towards the Sunshine Coast," he said. "With everything already unstable from that terrible weather event, we're seeing now new landslips because of that unstable land so that's causing road problems," he said. Energex crews stood down from weather Emergency Management Minister Nikki Boyd said "catchments are already quite saturated" so any rain is likely to lead to river rises.
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