Queensland's parched interior is already copping a drenching as the weather system that caused flooding in Townsville heads west.
A severe weather warning is current for a large swathe of the state's northwest interior, from around Mount Isa east to Hughenden and north up into the Gulf country.
The Bureau of Meteorology says there is also potential for isolated falls of up to 300mm in 24 hours.
The low-pressure zone that's dumping the rain is the same one that's left the Townsville region mopping up after falls of about 500mm in some places in the past few days.
Rollingstone and Ingham copped more bad weather overnight as severe storms rolled through.
But Townsville City Council Mayor Jenny Hill said the flood waters were receding quickly and the community was recovering.
"We've needed this rain," she said. "The dam's up to about 82 per cent from 14 per cent less than five days ago."
Although the damage bill will likely run into the millions, Ms Hill said the town had made it through relatively unscathed and remained open for business.
"The reality is we got the message out there fairly quickly for our community, they were able to sandbag properties and as a result, we saw no loss of life and not as much damage to property as we may have seen," she said.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will meet with the bureau forecasters and emergency services on Friday afternoon to get an update on the rain.
"We just want to make sure that all of the mayors ... are aware of the amounts of rain that are on the way," she said.
Ms Palaszczuk reminded drivers to steer clear of any flooded roads.
Some thoroughfares around Townsville remain closed but the Bruce Highway has reopened in both directions.
The BoM says there is uncertainty about how the weather system will track over the weekend, but it could move south and bring desperately needed rain to communities such as Winton and Longreach.
Emergency Services Minister Craig Crawford said it could be good news for a lot of farmers, provided it fell in the right areas.
