Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching
Severe weather warnings have been issued across Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania due to a low-pressure trough bringing heavy tropical moisture. Authorities are warning residents of the risk of flash flooding as the interior receives significant rainfall.
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Frequent extreme weather events in Australia underscore the increasing impact of climate volatility on infrastructure and public safety.
Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash flooding Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Multiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather warnings issued in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Ilana Cherny, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the wet weather battering eastern Australia was being driven by a broad low-pressure trough that had drawn in “a lot of tropical moisture across the region”. Continue reading...
The report is a straightforward weather update based on Bureau of Meteorology data.
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