Brisbane is bracing for a high tide this afternoon as thousands evacuate due to flooding in Queensland that has left 10 dead and another 90 missing.

Internet trolls have defaced a Facebook site paying tribute to the victims of the Queensland floods.

Toowoomba boy Jordan Rice, 13, has been remembered as a hero after he let his younger brother be rescued first.

Back on January 1 authorities said Queensland was facing a flood of "biblical proportions". Now, almost two weeks later, and it's hard to fathom that the "worst is yet to come" as unprecedented flooding hits the drought ravaged region.

A Kiwi living in Brisbane described the city as total chaos yesterday as people were evacuated.

'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.

Bystanders watched in horror as a woman only centimetres from her rescuer lost her grip on a power pole and disappeared under a torrent of dirty water during flash floods in Queensland.

Queensland is losing up to $131m a day in coal exports over floods which have left 40 towns isolated or partly underwater.

Another significant shift in our weather pattern may be arriving as soon as Friday.

There's nothing I like more than a cloudy, possibly wet, New Year's Eve - followed by a cloudless blue skied New Year's Day.

Campers are being warned rivers could rise rapidly as a moist northwesterly flow sweeps across the country today and tomorrow.

New Year's Day is tipped to offer sunny weather for most of the country and some respite from the recent muggy, humid weather.

New Zealand is set for a humid summer, with experts predicting a warm and wet January and February.