Eastern Australia will be battered with a fresh deluge of severe storms and heavy rainfall over the next few days.
A band of rain and thunderstorms is rolling across southern Queensland, inland NSW, central and eastern Victoria and much of Tasmania, with more wild weather expected this week.
Senior meteorologist Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology warned the rainbomb may bring flash flooding for large parts of the eastern states.
“With those storms, we could see flash flooding, particularly through southern Queensland and northern NSW, with those storms [brings] heavy rainfall rates, and that could also lead to dangerous driving conditions,” he said.
“If you’re out and about through country parts of Victoria and north-east parts of NSW and southern Queensland, and some of these storms, if you’re directly underneath them, could bring down trees and power lines, lead to localised power outages and also cause inundation for homes, properties and businesses.”
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Western and central NSW, eastern Victoria and inland Queensland are forecast to be hit with more heavy storms and showers this afternoon.
More rain is also predicted for the east coast of NSW and Canberra, though the showers will quickly clear tonight and tomorrow.
The high-pressure system will then move to south-east Australia.
“Another round of showers and thunderstorms for north-east NSW and southern Queensland could be severe as well,” Narramore added.
These areas, along with north-east Victoria and even parts of northern Queensland, could see up to 100mm of rainfall over the next three days. This could result in further flash flooding in impacted areas.
Large parts of Tasmania are also warned to watch for flooding as the rainfall continues to batter the north-east.
“With all this weather around eastern Australia in the coming days, make sure you stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings by our website, app and social media,” he continued.
“If the storms get really bad, listen to all advice from emergency services near you.”
Early summer storms have pounded Queensland and NSW this week, with major flooding across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and in Sydney.
Flash flooding in Brisbane left Roma Street unrecognisable as suburbs across the city quickly went under on Sunday.
A flash of heavy rain forced planes to divert, streets to flood and ceilings to collapse in Sydney on the first day of summer too.
