Weather updates: Melbourne and Sydney in the firing line as storms hit southern Australia
Severe storms are impacting southern Australia, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds to Victoria and New South Wales. Authorities have issued flood warnings and an epidemic thunderstorm asthma alert for residents in affected regions.
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- 10.31pm . First published at 8.20pm
shares Share article Australia ’s weekend of wet weather has washed out large parts of Victoria and NSW , with residents warned to prepare for more thunderstorms and wind.
Melbourne has already been lashed by heavy rain as a deluge sweeps across the city and across the state, including 42mm in Geelong and 41.4mm in Athlone, Gippsland.
Melburnians are being warned to brace for storms on Sunday morning. Scott McNaughton / The Age
Nearly 17mm of rain had already fallen on the city since midnight, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), with a trough that brought heavy rain to Adelaide and South Australia on Sunday moving across Victoria today.
The burst of rain could cause flash flooding in parts of Melbourne, including South Melbourne, with residents urged not to drive in floodwaters.
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