Ten times the average: Outback mops up after record-breaking deluge
Weather records have fallen in Queensland’s Outback, where some areas have copped more than 100mm of rain in less than 24 hours. It comes as wet weather moves toward the southeast.
Weather records have fallen in Queensland’s Outback, where some areas have copped more than 100mm of rain in less than 24 hours. It comes as wet weather moves toward the southeast.
Queenslanders are facing a wild start to July, with a drop in temperatures and heavy rains expected to hit the monthly average in the first week, triggering possible flood watches and severe weather warnings.
Temperatures have plummeted to below freezing across the state this morning and are unlikely to rise over the weekend due to unseasonable rain according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Queensland is set to plunge into a cold, wet winter abyss as a brutal cold snap and unseasonable deluge of rain are expected to grip the state over coming days.
THE Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled a thunderstorm warning after storms swept through the southeast. The storm system came through after heavy falls hit the Sunshine Coast.
FEWER Cyclones are expected to threaten the Australian coastline this season, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
PARTS of the southeast were hit with storms, including damaging winds and large hailstones.
THE southeast got a drenching overnight and it’s not over yet, with more rain forecast for the next few days.
A SEVERE thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of central and southern Queensland, with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and large hailstones likely.
THE weather bureau advises severe thunderstorms are no longer occurring in Queensland.
FAMILIES are being told to make the most of clear conditions while they last, with thunderstorms likely to stretch across the southeast by the weekend.
A QUEENSLAND town has been left looking like it’s covered in snow, after a “cyclone-like” hailstorm blew through. The wind was so fierce it ripped a roof off a council building.
SEVERAL storms rolled across southeast Queensland this afternoon with thunder, lightning and heavy downpours hitting the region.
HAIL has again pounded the southeast corner, as more severe storms roll in across the region.
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