A father and daughter miraculously survived being washed away by cyclone-induced floods by clinging to a tree for two days.
The pair spent two nights clinging to branches surrounded by deep floodwaters in Gympie in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland about 1pm on Sunday.
The father explained he and his primary-school aged daughter were forced to evacuate their car when they got trapped and water began filling the vehicle.
The aftermath of ex-cyclone Seth continues to wreak havoc on the Wide Bay-Burnett region (pictured, emergency services in Maryborough)
The major flood emergency has seen 141 requests for SES assistance in the North Coast region from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon (pictured, flooding in the town of Maryborough)
As they stood on the car's roof, they were swept into a tree which they climbed, the girl's father returning to the car for a rope to tie them tightly to the branches.
Thankfully, the pair were able to return home after the floodwaters briefly subsided to raise the alarm and be rescued by the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew.
The father and daughter were airlifted to a regional hospital to receive treatment for insect bites, dehydration and sun exposure.
They were just one of a series of dramatic rescues unfolding across Queensland as elsewhere locals battled to save their town after a levee failed.
The aftermath of ex-cyclone Seth continues to wreak havoc on the Wide Bay region, where a record 670mm of heavy rain was dumped in just 24 hours over the weekend.
Conditions will only get worse in parts of the state as a second cyclone - Tiffany - barrels towards the coast.
The major flood emergency has seen 141 requests for SES assistance in the North Coast region from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon.
A 22-year-old's body was found in a submerged ute in Kanigan, north of Gympie, on Saturday after the vehicle was swept away about 7.30pm on Friday.
A man has been airlifted to hospital after a large tree fell and crushed his car in the South Burnett region at about 11:30am on Sunday (pictured)
Emergency crews found the man pinned inside his car with the tree still on top of it, working for two hours before the man was finally released (pictured)
Police also hold grave fears for a 14-year-old girl swept away while abandoning a flooding Toyota Camry with a 40-year-old man early on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, a man was airlifted to hospital after a large tree fell and crushed his car in the South Burnett region about 11.30am on Sunday.
Emergency crews found the man pinned inside his car with the tree still on top of it, working for two hours before the man was finally released.
Paramedics treated him for multiple traumatic injuries, and his wife and passenger for minor injuries, before airlifting the pair to hospital.
Four other motorists were rescued from rising water, two a couple in the North Burnett region who were waved a sheet to attract the attention of rescuers.
The couple's white camper-van had become completely surrounded by water on all four sides during a journey from Airlie Beach to the Sunshine Coast.
Paramedics treated him for multiple traumatic injuries, and his wife and passenger for minor injuries, before airlifting the pair to hospital (pictured, the fallen tree)
Four motorists have been rescued from rising water, two a couple in the North Burnett region who were seen waving a sheet to attract the attention of rescuers
They told rescuers their GPS has directed them off the Bruce Highway - severely damaged in some parts by floods - and onto roads that were quickly going under.
With no phone service or understanding of the weather emergency, the couple were forced to move their van constantly for 24 hours as waters continued to rise.
'We were just so lucky, where we moved to - if we had stayed at the side of the road that night we probably would have been taken away,' the woman told crews.
Another couple taking refuge in their black SUV were also rescued after they turned off the Bruce Highway and quickly found themselves surrounded by water.
On Saturday, dramatic video of the LifeFlight Rescue
