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The Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore said Tropical Cyclone Koji was crossing the coast right now" between Ayr and Bowen, and was expected to move inland quickly.

Most of the heaviest rain was occurring south of Ayr and inland. Falls exceeding 300mm were recorded around the Clarke Range since 9am Saturday, with widespread falls of 100 to 200mm.

That's bringing strong to locally damaging winds and also widespread heavy rainfall, that is going to lead to widespread flooding in the coming days.

There's already a lot of flooding occurring through parts of Queensland, so this rainfall isn't good news for those flood-affected areas.