Fears are held for two people who are missing after a car was washed into floodwaters in southeast Queensland.
The car was swept off Arborten Road at Glenwood, north of Gympie, about 7am (AEST), the Department of Community Safety said.
The car was found wedged in a tree about two hours later. A department spokeswoman cannot confirm reports a body has been found.
Two people have been rescued from a flooded house in the same street.
The department has warned residents of the southeast coast and the southeastern part of the Wide Bay and Burnett districts to beware of flash flooding.
Earlier, a father and son stranded on top of their car were plucked to safety from racing floodwaters at nearby Tiaro.
The pair, aged 26 and 65, waited for more than three hours to be rescued.
They became stranded on the roof of their vehicle about 1.30am (AEST) but the speed of the floodwaters on Mungar Road, near Myrtle Creek crossing, meant swift-water rescuers could not enter.
Two crews in flood boats retrieved the father and son about 4.50am (AEST).
Localised 24-hour rainfall totals in excess of 150mm are likely on Monday, especially around the Fraser and Sunshine coasts and adjoining inland areas. At 6am (AEST) on Monday the heaviest rain was falling near Tiaro, Glenwood, Gympie and Goomboorian.
In the three hours to 7am (AEST), 122mm of rainfall was recorded at Mount Wolvi, east of Gympie, and Coops Corner, south of Rainbow Beach.
The State Emergency Service responded to 47 requests for help across the Wide Bay area on Sunday night and into Monday morning.
The Department of Education has advised that nine schools in the area will be closed on Monday.
Theebine State School is isolated because of rising floodwaters, but no students or staff are in attendance.
Parents are also being asked to collect their children from Cooran State School as water levels there were rising.
Gympie Regional Council advised that several roads were cut by flooding, and asked drivers to limit travel to essential trips only.
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