A caravan park in central Queensland had to be evacuated overnight as creeks overflowed in the wake of a major flood warning for the Fitzroy River.
The Department of Community Safety spokeswoman told AAP the Blue Gem Caravan Park, about 40km west of Emerald, was evacuated after Retreat Creek overflowed. Two people nearby had to be rescued from their home.
Parts of the Central Highlands received more than 150mm in six hours on Saturday, causing major downstream water flows and creeks to rise rapidly, says the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
'The people in the caravan park have had to be relocated,' the spokeswoman said.
'We also had two people that were assisted from their home in a flood boat.'
There is still a threat of major flooding along the Fitzroy River, despite storms easing and some rivers receding in other flood-affected parts of the state.
A BOM spokesman says there will still be heavy showers on Sunday and Monday but not as concentrated as the rain that hammered some towns on Friday night and Saturday morning.
Falls of up to 200mm in central Queensland had residents of Emerald, Clermont, Blackwater and Moranbah bracing for flash flooding.
'There will be storms and showers but not as heavy as yesterday,' the BOM spokesman told AAP.
Maranoa Regional Council says Bungil Creek, which reached 5m on Saturday, was receding but it was still expecting 100-150mm of rainfall on Sunday.
The BOM has issued minor flood warnings for the Maranoa River and a major flood warning for the Balonne River that will affect the towns of Weribone (on Monday), Surat (Monday) and St George (Wednesday or Thursday).
Moderate flood levels are now easing in Yuleba Creek at Yuleba Forestry.
Water releases from Seqwater's Wivenhoe and Somerset dams are expected to continue until early next week.
Seqwater says the Somerset gates are expected to be open until Tuesday and releases from Wivenhoe Dam, which crept up to 79 per cent, will continue until at least Thursday.
Blue Gem Caravan Park owner Fiona Moore said the task of evacuating five caravans had been easier because the road through the grounds was raised after being flooded in December 2010.
The caravan park was also flooded in 2008.
She said water in the caravan park, which backs on to Retreat Creek, peaked about midnight on Saturday.
'We did a lot to improve the situation after the last flood,' Ms Moore told AAP.
'We built the road up about half a metre and that saved us this time.
'This is our third flood and we saved our house and shop again.
'We've got plyboard now that fit into the doors and we silastic them in.'
