Tropical Cyclone Lincoln is crossing the coast as a category one system between the Northern Territory-Queensland border and Port McArthur in the territory.
As the storm moves further inland intense rainfall is still hitting the region with a forecast also for possible damaging winds and life-threatening flash flooding.
When two fishermen spotted something shiny in the distance, they ended up rescuing a 27-year-old man who had been pinned tightly inside his crashed ute and surviving on only rainwater for six days.
Almost 40,000 households and businesses remain without power in Far North Queensland today after Cyclone Jasper made landfall as crews plan to assess the damage in coming hours.
A reprieve in the rain is days away for parts of Australia's south-east, as emergency crews and communities remain on alert in some of the hardest hit areas.
The Sydney basin area has already been hit by the downpour, with intense rain soaking Pyrmont, Blacktown, Woolaware and their surrounding suburbs from 5pm.