Flash flooding hits as rain hammers SEQ – again
Severe weather has battered Australia’s eastern seaboard, with huge rainfall totals recorded in multiple states triggering flash flooding.
Multiple states are at risk of further flash flooding as a complex weather system batters eastern Australia.
Severe weather warnings have been issued in Queensland, NSW and Tasmania, with wild weather set to continue on Thursday, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Another day of heavy rainfall and unseasonal thunderstorms is set to batter southeast Queensland, including the Darling Downs, Wide Bay and Burnett regions.
“In particular, severe thunderstorms are also possible through the Brisbane area and southeast coast,” the bureau’s Ilana Cherny said.
“Through these regions of Queensland, we’re not only looking at the risk of heavy rainfall which could bring flash flooding, but there’s also the risk of damaging wind gusts and large hail.”
Brisbane was hit by severe weather on Wednesday, with many roads temporarily cut as rain hammered down from the north, with the city recording 43 millimetres by 8.30am on Thursday.
There were also significant totals in the state’s parched southern interior and Darling Downs.
In the state’s central west, 88mm fell at Bungil Creek near Roma, while 68mm was recorded at Rosewood, with more rain expected on Thursday in good news for the region’s farmers.
Much heavier falls were recorded in eastern Tasmania, with Gray copping a whopping 251mm to 7am on Thursday and St Patrick’s Head 132mm.
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Severe thunderstorms and heavy falls are set to continue along the central and north coast of NSW, with a severe weather warning and flood watch alert issued for the Hunter and mid-north coast.
Ms Cherny said a broad low pressure trough was continuing to suck in tropical moisture at the same time that a low pressure system was developing in NSW.
The rainfall was most likely to contract to the NSW coast by Friday, but the heaviest falls were dependent on the unpredictable movement of the low pressure system, she said.
Rains are expected to ease over the weekend as the low moves offshore, creating hazardous surf conditions along the east coast.
-with AAP
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