In outback Queensland, communities are grappling with flooded homes, lost livestock, and livelihoods destroyed, with yet more rain to come.

In Queensland’s far west, towns already inundated with a year’s worth of rain in less than a week are bracing for more devastation to come.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Dianne is expected to dump up to another 100 millimetres of rain.

In an attempt to minimise heartbreaking stock losses, the government and privately-owned choppers are assisting with fodder drops.

Already, more than 100,000 cattle and sheep are estimated to be dead or missing. A figure that is expected to skyrocket.

The township of Thargomindah was completely cut off after the temporary levee built to protect it broke.

Isolated communities are banding together as livelihoods hang in the balance.