Eastern states soaked as wet weather, storms continue

Minor flood warnings are in place for the Bremer River and Warrill Creek, Burrum River and Mary River, while a flood warning has been issued for the Logan River.

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Further north, a severe thunderstorm warning for large hailstones, damaging winds and heavy rainfall has been issued for eastern parts of Central Queensland, stretching into the Lower Burdekin and Herbert regions.

Wind gusts of 106km/h were observed at Hughenden on Sunday afternoon. 

The Bureau of Meteorology has also rolled out severe thunderstorm warnings for Victoria and Tasmania.

The storms will likely bring heavy, locally intense rainfall to parts of the North West Coast and Central Plateau areas of Tasmania, the bureau said

The storms could lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding through Sunday afternoon.

Part of rain-soaked Queensland are bracing for more severe thunderstorms. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

In Victoria, strong winds and flash flooding are possible with thunderstorms in the central and eastern regions.

Winds of almost 100km/h were recorded at East Sale Airport on Sunday afternoon. 

Residents took to social media to post videos of flooding across roads and in the centre of towns in Queensland's South Burnett region.

Emergency services were called to rescue people trapped in their cars due to floods on Friday. 

Senior meteorologist Angus Hines said Sunday would be another wet and stormy day in the not-so-Sunshine State with high rainfall totals and extensive thunderstorms.

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"We've got broad risks of severe thunderstorms stretching all the way from Townsville down to Brisbane," he told AAP.

"Another very active day likely to bring some further weather impact, flash flooding, road closures, possible damage to trees, property, crops, as well as potential for power outages."

Mr Hines said while the central Queensland coast had the highest flood risk for Sunday, the risk for all other regions should not be downplayed.

"Flash flooding would happen very quickly if further rainfall fell in those places because of how wet it has been - the ground can't really soak up a lot more rain," he said.

The bureau forecasts showers and storms to continue into the week, and although the intensity is expected to come down a couple of notches, severe weather remains a risk into Wednesday.