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A powerful rain bomb has descended on Sydney bringing wild winds and heavy downpours of up to 500mm, sparking fears the deluge could trigger flash flooding in areas already saturated by rainfalls.
Terrifying footage of the collision shows the houseboat flying down the Brisbane River at a rapid pace before smashing into a ferry terminal and sinking beneath the fast-moving currents.
The brazen motorist was captured driving into the flooded carpark of the Morayfield shopping centre on Saturday as Queenslanders were urged to stay at home and out of rising floodwaters.
Queensland and NSW will endure another day of 'life-threatening' storms that will smash large parts of the states on Sunday and into Monday with six people already dead and 1,139mm of rain fallen.
A man is believed missing in floodwaters in northern NSW as rain continues to batter the state, with warnings of much more to come.