Boy rescued from swollen Qld river

A 15-year-old boy has been rescued after clinging to a tree in the flood-swollen South Pine River in Queensland's southeast.

Emergency service crews were called to the river between the Eatons Hill and Bunya shorelines at about 7pm on Saturday following reports the boy had been swept down the river and was clinging to a tree unable to move.

The boy was located "holding on to a tree in knee-depth rapidly flowing water unable to make his way back to the shoreline," police said in a statement.

He was kept under torchlight until a Queensland Fire and Emergency Services swift water rescue crew in an inflatable boat reached him and conveyed him to shore.

The boy was treated by ambulance paramedics at the scene.

Police continue to appeal to the public not to go into or play in floodwaters.

Localised flooding has occurred throughout central and southeast Queensland due to heavy rainfall from Cyclone Marcia.