Queensland outback community inundated with heavy rain

Queensland's outback looks more like an ocean after days of heavy rain with some areas receiving more than 600 millimetres over the last few days.

The rain is continuing to fall across large parts of the region with towns being cut off and residents scrambling for higher ground due to floodwaters reaching unprecedented levels.

The town of Adavale, north of Quilpie, was swamped overnight with floodwaters inundating homes, upturning tanks and vehicles, and carrying away anything that's not tied down.

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An emergency alert was issued this morning for the region with swift water rescue crews airlifted in from Charleville to help evacuate residents.

"Our poor babies are listening to their animals drown," one resident said. 

"We've opened all the gates, but there's nowhere for them to go, there's just water for kilometres."

Residents evacuated to the nearby towns of Quilpie and Charleville.

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Further to the north in places such as Winton and Windorah, waters have receded slightly but the rain continues to fall and towns remain cut off.

"We had an anxious few moments here yesterday," Winton Shire Council Mayor Cathy White said.

"I've got to say, we had a lot of people sandbagging."

The poor weather means no one has been able to get out or up in the air to assess what kind of damage the floods have caused at this stage.

There is expected to be widespread stock losses and significant damage to infrastructure with months of work ahead for these communities to recover.

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