The best rain in more than 60 years has soaked parts of western Queensland, with more on the way. 9News
"Those people that only had a couple of weeks of town water, house water left, they've got a bit of time up their sleeves again and the people that only had six months of stock water left in dams, it's going to give them a little bit more time again. It will at least go a long way to getting them through winter."
Showers and storms will become more widespread across Queensland from Friday as a strong upper level trough passes over southeastern Australia.
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