Breaking: Man found dead in Queensland floodwaters

A man has been found dead in floodwaters on Queensland's Fraser Coast.Emergency services were called to Smothering Creek at Boompa Road in Boompa, west of Maryborough, just after 11am.Officers declared the man deceased upon arrival.Police will prepare a report for the coroner, as investigations into the cause of death continue.Boompa Road recorded 148 millimetres of rain within 24 hours on Sunday.A moderate flood warning is in place for the Mary River on the Fraser Coast.The Bureau of Meteorology said showers and thunderstorms forecast for Monday afternoon could cause renewed river level rises.Earlier this morning, Fraser Coast mayor George Seymour said the region's outlook had been "downgraded significantly".“We’ll see the peak in Maryborough later this morning, towards midday, and it is quite a bit lower than some of the predictions we got from BoM.“I think we’re over the worst of it.”