He told ABC Far North that flooding at Myola, behind Cairns, is already beyond the one-in-100-year benchmark.

James Cook University's Professor Jonathan Nott, an expert on the region's Barron River, says it is now up to 40 per cent higher than the 1977 flood, previously the biggest on record. “(We are) unsure at this stage when that’s going to ease but hopefully we see much better conditions coming in by Tuesday, so hopefully tomorrow is the last of it.” Mr Hadley said Monday would hopefully be the final day of this cyclonic drenching in the region. It’s important if you’re in a low-lying area to get to higher ground if you can. “There could be some more intense rainfall overnight. “We’ve got another six to 12 hours where this rainfall could be particularly heavy. “We could see as much as 300mm in six hours between Wujal Wujal and Babinda, south of Cairns,” he said. He said just 20mm fell at Myola, outside of Cairns, in the past hour, meaning the area has notched up 499mm since 9am.Ī warning remains for rivers and waterways across the region. The Bureau of Meteorology's Steve Hadley said the intensity of the rainfall has begun to ease, but warned the far north wold continue to be soaked into Monday.

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