Hundreds of people call authorities for help as a weekend of heavy rain causes flooding and brings much needed supplies to depleted dams.
The State Emergency Service received 473 call outs between Friday night and Monday morning, including 112 in Brisbane.There were also 32 call-outs for swift water rescues over the weekend.
BOM forecaster Lauren Pattie said more patchy showers and storms were likely today and in the coming week. "They will increase as we go into this evening but we will start to see a little bit of sunshine between those showers and storms," she said. "Some of those storms — particularly as we go into this evening — there is potential for them to be severe again so we could see some more heavy rainfall but they are becoming a little bit more isolated.""It is still well below their average in terms of the amount of rainfall you'd expect over the last couple of months — so you still need a fair bit more rain," she said.
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