"There is an 80 per cent chance of more storms and shower activity, but nothing to the extent that we have seen overnight," a BoM spokesman said. "The Tweed and Northern Rivers regions copped the state's biggest falls, with Clothiers Creek receiving 250mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday.Tumbulgum (243mm), Tumbulgum (243mm), Bilambil Heights (212mm), Tweed Heads (195mm), Kingscliff (189mm), Murwillumbah (173mm) also experienced heavy falls.On the mid north coast, Grafton had 155mm and Killabakh had 112mm.Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of the state yesterday with the on the Central Coast forced to close for the day as a result of the huge deluge.Rain over the last several days has provided relief for a state ravaged by the bushfire crisis.According to the NSW Rural Fire Service, there were 73 fires burning on Saturday afternoon, down from 111 six days earlier.However, there are concerns that heavy rain could lead to flashflooding and landslips in parts of the south-east and south coast as it moves down the state over the next 24 hours. To improve your experience Torrential rain has shut down Gold Coast theme parks and drenched drought-ravaged New South Wales regions in a wild 24 hours of downpours.Up to 300mm bucketed down on southeast Queensland overnight. All the theme parks in Gold Coast open at 10am each morning and close around 5pm - the water parks have shorter hours during our wintertime (June, July and August). We're your one stop shop to experience the best in entertainment that the Gold Coast has to offer. 8 Theme Parks & Attractions + Accommodation. A continental breakfast is available every morning at the family stay. The theme parks have been hit hard by the government's decision to ban all public gatherings of more than 500 people in a bid to curb the impact of coronavirus.Workers at the Gold Coast theme parks have been advised to take leave as they prepare to close due to the coronavirus outbreak (Movie World pictured)Village Roadshow Limited is implementing cost reduction strategies in an attempt to reduce the potential impact on the group's earnings and cash flow.The cost-saving initiatives include asking employees to take leave, slashing senior executives salaries and removing all bonuses.There will also be a freeze on non-essential uncommitted capital expenditure, a freeze on non-essential international and domestic travel and a freeze on non-essential recruitment.VRL CEO Clark Kirby said it was possible the theme parks may be closed for a period of time. "A strong wind warning has been issued for the Byron, Illawarra and Batemans Coast regions, and flood warnings for the Orara and Bellinger Rivers on the North Coast.A low pressure trough in the east is likely to generate more thunderstorms and widespread rain across eastern parts of NSW, southeast QLD and central/east VIC tomorrow. Australia’s major parks, Dreamworld, Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World and Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast reportedly intend to remain open, operating as normal, along with the region’s schools, universities and shopping centres. Village Roadshow Limited, which owns Movie World, Sea World and Wet 'n' Wild, issued a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange on Thursday morning saying there was 'an escalation of disruption to businesses'. (A Current Affair) Car parks at the theme parks are also deserted. 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