Swollen rivers and ongoing isolated showers have helped cause several incidents in the region across the past 48 hours involving vehicles trapped in flood waters - and more monsoonal rain is expected later in the week.

Inland from Cooktown at the Laura River, video has been shared online of a four-wheel drive being swept away by floodwaters yesterday.

An occupant managed to scramble to safety as the car was washed away.

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Video creator Niki Ruker, who lives at a nearby station, said today the State Government flood camera had been out of operation since Tuesday, December 23, and the Bureau of Meteorology river height reporting was “not accurate”.

“Locals need these issues fixed!” she said.

“A new bridge that doesn’t go under multiple times each wet would also be good!”

At the Bushy Creek Bridge on the Mossman-Mount-Molloy Road, there were reports of a car being trapped in floodwaters overnight, but the road was cleared this morning and traffic is now back flowing in and out of Douglas Shire.

And a man was rescued from his motorhome this morning at Dimbulah after becoming trapped in floodwaters on Wolfram Road.

Cook MP David Kempton’s office issued a warning after the incident.

“No matter how often we hear the warning ‘if it’s flooded, forget it’, there is always someone prepared to chance it,” they stated. 

“Not only are you putting your own lives at risk, you are risking the lives of others and taking up valuable time and resources of emergency response teams. 

“There is no reason for anyone to drive into flooded waterways so please don’t do it and let’s all stay safe this wet season.”