Dramatic rescues have saved Queenslanders from raging floodwaters including one man pulled to high ground when a bystander heroically dived into the torrent.
Queensland and NSW will endure another day of life-threatening storms that will smash large parts of the states on Sunday and into Monday with six people already dead and 1,139mm of rain fallen.
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Four people to have died in the major weather event, which has saturated catchments and raised flood alerts in many parts of southeast Queensland, with parts of Gympie to be evacuated.