A car is submerged in flood water in Stones Corner in Brisbane on Friday. Photo: AAP
The death toll from yesterday's wild storm in Queensland has risen to five.
Severe and dangerous storms lashed the region on Friday, with the east coast low moving slowly into northern New South Wales overnight.
A 74-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and an eight-year-old boy died yesterday afternoon when their car was swept off Dances Road at Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
The body of the elderly man was found in water about 7am (AEST).
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk offered her condolences to their families in a media briefing on Friday night.
"On behalf of all Queenslanders, we express our deepest sympathies," she said.
"This is a tragedy, and it's not an easy thing to talk about. As everyone is aware, we have had a very extreme weather event."
A 75-year-old man also died after his car was swept off Morayfield Road in nearby Burpengary about 8.30pm last night.
A 68-year-old woman travelling in the same car survived by clinging to a tree before being saved by a swift water rescue crew.
The man's body was found about 3am (AEST) this morning.
Rain 'off the scale'
Ms Palaszczuk said weather forecasters described the downpours as "off the scale" with some areas receiving up to 100 millimetres of rain an hour.
She said there were 19 swift-water rescues in Brisbane alone on Friday, and the State Emergency Service (SES) had received 1400 calls for help.
The storms have caused the most rain to have ever fallen on Brisbane in a single day in May. Photo: AAP
Some homes in Brisbane's east were evacuated and the severe storms caused major traffic and roading problems.
More than 30,000 homes and businesses lost power due to tree branches being blown on to wires, lightning strikes or flooding. Energex said morning crews would be working to reconnect around 2500 customers still off, mostly on the Gold Coast.
The NRL was also forced to postpone the Anzac Test, which was due to be played at Brisbane's Seddon Stadium on Friday night. The game will now be played on Sunday.
It is the most rain that has ever fallen on the capital in one day in May.
Wild weather 'pretty much over'
Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson Jonty Hall said the system dumped 277 millimetres of rain in just three hours at Caboolture, while most areas in south-east Queensland received more than 100 millimetres.
But he said the wild weather was over for Queensland and the system had moved south.
"It did pack a punch. Fortunately it did continue to move off to the south and so things have contracted down into New South Wales now," he said.
"Apart from still some pretty wild surf conditions along the coast, apart from that the event is pretty much over for us in south-east Queensland."
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Security guards survey the sodden Suncorp Stadium ground Photo: PHOTOSPORT
