Queensland is staring down a punishing “triple threat” disaster season, with cyclones, flooding and extreme heatwaves expected to collide over the next six months, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.

The bureau says volatile climate conditions, including an extraordinary 15-month run of record-breaking ocean temperatures, will stretch the severe weather season through to the end of April.

Cyclone risk is also rising, with any systems forming off the east coast tipped to rapidly intensify into category-three storms.

Premier David Crisafulli said Queenslanders should brace for “every likelihood” of higher-than-average rainfall, the prospect of a severe tropical cyclone and warmer-than-average temperatures across large parts of the state.

“There’s the likelihood of extra challenges this

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