Wettest September day in 37 years at Cairns Airport in unseasonable N Qld deluge

Extremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of North Queensland, with the highest 24-hour total to 9am Wednesday of 379mm recorded at the Topaz weather station, not far inland from Innisfail and just west of Queensland’s highest peak, 1622m Mt Bartle Frere.

At least a dozen nearby weather…