Five people including two young children have escaped fast-flowing rising floodwaters in southern Tasmania after the state copped widespread torrential rain.
Just after midday on Friday a rescue helicopter was called to the township of Huonville where the group of family and friends was trapped in a boat as they tried to reach higher ground.
"Three adults, two children - they got stuck in an orchard and there was concern for their welfare due to the rising waters," police Sergeant Damian Bidgood said, adding that no one was injured.
Reports the group was trying to move horses have not been confirmed.
The incident was one of more than 60 spanning Thursday night and Friday, with homes and businesses across the state inundated by water and six vehicles needing retrieval, SES spokesman Brian Edmonds said.
"The local Tasmania Fire Service brigade at Huonville did manage to pull out six vehicles that were stuck or in difficulty in floodwater with no serious danger to life," he told reporters.
Huonville bore the brunt of flood problems with roads underwater, 17 homes inundated, and one voluntary evacuation.
The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled a severe weather warning for Tasmania that had arisen from a passing weakened version of the front that earlier in the week caused flooding in South Australia.
"The immediate threat of severe weather has passed, but the situation will continue to be monitored," the BoM website said.
In the seven hours to 4pm on Friday up to 65mm of rain was measured at some Tasmanian centres.
Hobart's Mt Wellington recorded more than 100mm of rain in 24 hours.
Wind gusts exceeded 100km/h.
A flood watch remains in place for all Tasmanian river basins, with the Huon River set to peak at about midnight.
Flash flooding has caused road closures, while there have been a string of crashes, none causing serious injury.
Hobart's rivulet is standing strong after a collapse during rain a couple of months ago that caused a section of a retail building to fall.
"As the rainfall on Mt Wellington has stopped the Hobart rivulet is expected to ease and fall," Mr Edmonds said.
More rain is forecast for the weekend.
