A Gold Coast man and his dog have been swept to their deaths as Queensland's flooding crisis moves south.
The man, aged in his 50s, and his dog died when their car was swept away in torrential rain on Currumbin Creek Road about 3am on Monday.
The vehicle had been driven 30 to 40 metres into floodwaters and couldn't be located by but emergency services.
Surf lifesavers discovered a submerged vehicle just after 10.45am only 10 metres from the roadway.
The man and his dog were still trapped in the vehicle.
The death is the eighth fatality in southeast Queensland's floods as rising water levels inundate thousands of homes and businesses.
Earlier, police confirmed the death of a 59-year-old man at Fitzgibbon, in Brisbane's north, on Sunday afternoon
He was trying to cross Cabbage Tree Creek on foot when he was swept away before being pinned against a fence.
Two people raised the alarm and tried to give the man CPR, but he died at the scene.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services warned life-threatening flash flooding was occurring in the Tallebudgera and Currumbin valleys on the southern Gold Coast on Monday morning.
Flash flooding has swamped a major Queensland highway and closed dozens of roads on the Gold Coast as the tail end of a low-pressure system moves south.
Gold Coast City Council has issued emergency alerts for Currumbin Valley and Tallebudgera Valley telling residents floodwaters will continue to rise.
Residents in Tamborine are bracing for more flooding with the Albert River expected to peak late on Tuesday at close to 2017 levels.
The low-pressure system is centred offshore from Gold Coast and is slowly moving south.
It is expected to bring intense rainfall at the system's southern end with six-hour rainfall totals between 60 and 120mm predicted.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the city remained under threat despite heavy rain starting to ease.
"The message is simple: stay home," Cr Tate said.
"We await low tide at around 2pm today as that may start to flush out some of the rivers and give us some reprieve but the peak for the northern rivers will not be until tomorrow morning."
Springbrook recorded 530mm - the highest overnight rainfall total in the state as the system swept through.
The Pacific Motorway northbound was closed at Tallebudgera with diversions in place in Palm Beach.
Further North, the RACQ warns northbound and southbound exits at Stapylton Jacobs Well Road are also closed.
Locally, more than 80 roads across the Gold Coast region have been flooded and dangerous surf conditions have closed Gold Coast beaches.
