Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering overnight of more than 100mm in less than six hours

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Emergency services are poised to carry out rescues as record-breaking downpours have soaked parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.

A trough extending south will bring more rain over much of central and eastern NSW after heavy falls lasting several days.

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