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Unrelenting rain associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie has caused Rosalie resident Frans Vogels to lose property from under his house in Brisbane's inner west, the fourth time floods have inundated his property in eight years.

The performance artist said his props, performance gear and power tools were damaged when stormwater gushed under his home earlier today.

He said the water rose about half-a-metre in a short period of time.

"That's going to put me back a few months, everything that we made we make by hand and has to be remade. It's a big mess," Mr Vogels said.

"It's causing so much stress, it's devastating ... and it's not even the peak yet, so it's very worrying.

"It completely hit me by surprise, and I managed to get stuff up on tables when everything was coming in but the water came too high and everything fell off tables, and the tables began to collapse."

Vogels blamed overdevelopment on natural water courses and insufficiencies in the stormwater system for the recurring problem.

He said it was the fourth time since 2009 he had lost everything from under his house.

Auchenflower resident Lizzie Kennedy said she thought she had prepared well for the rain by lifting her things off the ground last night, but found the water level rose higher than expected.

Today she moved more things to safety with the help of neighbours.

Ms Kennedy, her husband and two children only moved into the house on the weekend and still had their belongings in boxes when the half-a-metre of water washed through.

"I still feel very anxious as we are due a lot of rain this afternoon, so maybe this is the calm before the storm," she said.

"I'm taking my valuables elsewhere, just to be on the safe side. I really don't want to be here this afternoon."

Residents warned it's not over yet

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the real issue in Brisbane today was creek flooding, and not river flooding that caused problems in previous flood events.

"We've already got flooding occurring around the Breakfast Creek location and lower Herston area," he said.

Mr Quirk said residents should also secure property around homes that could become projectiles with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting winds could reach 100 kilometres per hour later this afternoon and evening.

"If people do require SES assistance, that is available on 13 25 00," he said.

"Put your personal safety first, that's the clear message for today, secure lose items, sandbags are available."

He said more than 40,000 sandbags had already been distributed from five council depots.