As ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters North Queensland, emergency crews have carried out dramatic rescues, including two adults and five children forced onto tables by rising floodwaters.

A tropical low off the Coral Coast could have the potential to become a tropical cyclone over the weekend, as residents across the far-north prepare for heavy rainfall.

Tropical Cyclone Koji has formed and is threatening to barrel through a region already reeling from heavy flooding.

Queenslanders are being warned there is a growing chance that a cyclone will form before the end of the week, as a tropical low looks set to cause more weather-related pain for the region.

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One Aussie state is on high alert for a possible tropical cyclone, amid fears a tropical low could strengthen and combine with monsoonal flows over the week.