<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span> has recorded its wettest day since </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/tropical-cyclone-alfred" rel="" target="" title="Tropical Cyclone Alfred"><span>Tropical Cyclone Alfred</span></a><span> after heavy rain drenched south-east </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title=" Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two distinct trough lines hit the state with bands of heavy rain between midday and midnight, lashing the city with its heaviest October downpour in five years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several locations across the state recorded more than 100mm of rain in the 24 hours this morning, according to Weatherzone.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-state-high-school-students-taught-wrong-subject-ancient-history-queensland-news/354199d1-897e-4f2b-b489-43f2935e6504" target="_blank"><strong><span>At least eight Queensland schools taught students about the wrong Roman leader for a whole semester</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Oyster Creek, near Burleigh Heads, recorded just shy of 130mm of rain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The weather systems also nudged into north-east NSW, where 123mm fell at Goonengery, inland from Byron Bay, Weatherzone said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Brisbane, the airport received 61mm, the highest rainfall since Cyclone Alfred battered the city in March.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-wettest-day-since-cyclone-alfred/4f1d495c-407e-4cab-b68d-eefe6af94a32" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The city was already in recovery mode after fierce storms left 21,000 homes without power on Monday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 11,000 insurance claims were made across the city after ferocious winds brought down trees and damaged properties across Brisbane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queenslanders are continuing a heavy clean up after wild storms brought </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-east-queensland-total-fire-ban/d661fb00-173d-45d6-87eb-2893c95eb3fc"><span>heavy rain, 100km/h winds, golf-ball-sized hail and 250,000 lightning strikes</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Skies have cleared across much of Queensland today but showers and storms are expected to stick around for much of the week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>