Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced more than $100 million in new funding for flood-affected communities in Western Queensland.

Together with the state government, $7 million will be designated for new fodder for livestock, and $105 million will be set aside for new fencing to shield livestock from feral pigs and dogs.

“The vision coming out of western Queensland is truly distressing,” Albanese said today.

In most affected towns, rainfall totals have decreased from triple digits to double digits, but despite this decline, creeks and rivers continue to rise and flow.

The small town of Adavale was swamped suddenly last week and had to evacuate to the nearby town of Quilpie.

They will have to continue to wait to return as authorities work to clear the damage.

The Bureau of Meteorology says a weak trough will linger across central and northern Queensland today before contracting northward over the weekend.

Over the next several weeks and months, the floodwaters will move toward Lake Eyre, also known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, located about 600km southwest of Windorah. This lake, situated at the lowest natural point in Australia, is typically dry for most of the year.