‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing flood warnings and severe weather for Australia’s east
Eastern Australia is facing severe weather conditions, including flash flooding, damaging winds, and hail, as a large storm system moves across the region. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued multiple flood warnings for southern Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Why it matters
The extreme weather poses a direct threat to public safety and infrastructure, highlighting the ongoing challenges of climate-related weather patterns in the region.
A car engulfed by flood waters on Buchanan Road at Morayfield, north of Brisbane on 22 October. Southern Queensland has been lashed by wild weather for the past 10 days. Photograph: Darren England/AAP A car engulfed by flood waters on Buchanan Road at Morayfield, north of Brisbane on 22 October. Southern Queensland has been lashed by wild weather for the past 10 days. Photograph: Darren England/AAP Australia weather ‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east – with more on the way BoM predicts hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria on Sunday afternoon
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Prefer the Guardian on Google Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with more potential storms and flood risk in store for Monday.
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