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"Heavy rain and floods are expected to sweep central and southern Australia,
with thunderstorms forecast for parts of every state and territory on Sunday.
Much of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Victoria are facing a
drenching, while storms could also hit Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart,
the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has warned.
Queensland, SA and the NT have already endured a rainy weekend, with one remote
community facing its biggest downpour in a decade, thanks to a strengthening
tropical low.
Northern Queensland saw rainfall totals of up to 100mm on Saturday, according
to a BoM senior meteorologist Sarah Scully.
Central Queensland has been soaked with rain since December, with numerous
flood warnings in place, including for the Flinders and Cape Rivers.
“Queensland catchments are just so wet and saturated that they only need really
moderate rainfall for the river systems to respond,” Scully told
Guardian
Australia.
The BoM has warned intense rainfall could lead to dangerous, life-threatening
flash flooding in Queensland’s west and the central NT, with 24-hour totals of
up to 160 mm expected.
The storms could bring damaging winds of about 90 km/h and threaten cattle and
other livestock, the BoM warned. The warning stretches from Mount Isa and
Bedourie in Queensland to Tennant Creek and Yuendumu in the NT.
A remote NT community, Alpurrurulam, recorded 250mm of rainfall over Friday
night and Saturday morning, more than double the community’s monthly average
and its biggest downpour in more than 10 years, according to
Weatherzone.
The intense weather system was forecast to hit north-west New South Wales by
Monday and could bring floods, Scully said. Scone, in NSW’s Hunter region,
already recorded 102mm of rain in six hours on Saturday night."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
