Police say the deaths of five people during a monster deluge in southeast Queensland are tragic outcomes of attempts to cross flooded roads.
The Caboolture region north of Brisbane was hit with almost 280 millimetres of rain in just three hours yesterday afternoon.
Two four-wheel-drives attempted to cross floodwaters over Beerburrum Road at Caboolture.
Three occupants of one vehicle - a 74-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and a five-year-old boy - all drowned.
A 21-year-old woman and 16-year-old boy from the other vehicle managed to escape but their father died.
A 74-year-old man drowned at nearby Burpengary after attempting to cross a flooded road in a sedan.
"It's unfortunate that with events like this, we again need to highlight to the community the dangers of entering flooded road waters. If it's flooded, forget it," Inspector Lee Jeffries said.
"The reports that I have is that the roads were well and truly flooded at the time and vehicles have entered flooded roads."
Most areas in the southeast received over 100mm of rain across Friday into Saturday.
But 277mm of rain was dumped on Caboolture in just three hours.
Southeast Queensland's beaches were pounded by monster surf, with a 13 metre swell recorded at Tweed Heads at one point.
A severe weather warning remained current for dangerous surf on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts on Saturday.
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