QLD weather sparks authorities to repeat safety warnings as cars seen trapped by floodwaters

“If it’s flooded, forget it.”

It’s a well-worn safety message, but authorities have had to repeat the mantra after a number of cars became caught in south-east Queensland floodwaters.

The State Emergency Service have rescued six people from floodwaters in the past 24 hours to 10am on Monday.

Watch footage of cars in Queensland floodwaters

That includes a person trapped in a car in floodwaters at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast on Sunday, and another at Kurwongbah, north of Brisbane,…