Millions of Aussies brace for heavy rain, flash flooding as severe thunderstorm warnings issued across the country
- Hge News
- Jan 27
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Millions of Aussies brace for heavy rain, flash flooding as severe thunderstorm warnings issued across the country
Millions of Aussies are in the firing line of damaging winds, heavy rain, large hailstones and potential flash flooding as severe thunderstorms roll over parts of the country.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Monday evening for parts of Maitland/Cessnock, Gosford/Wyong, Sydney, Wollondilly/Wingecarribee, Greater Wollongong, Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury and Greater Newcastle areas across NSW.
Swathes of the country’s north – including multiple regions across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia – are also facing similar warnings.
Millions of Aussies are in the firing line of damaging winds, heavy rain, large hailstones and potential flash flooding as severe thunderstorms roll over parts of the country.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning on Monday evening for parts of Maitland/Cessnock, Gosford/Wyong, Sydney, Wollondilly/Wingecarribee, Greater Wollongong, Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury and Greater Newcastle areas across NSW.
Swathes of the country’s north – including multiple regions across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia – are also facing similar warnings.
“The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 6:55pm, severe thunderstorms likely to produce damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones were detected near Wollongong, Camden, Picton and Bucketty,” the alert stated.
“These thunderstorms are moving towards the east to northeast.
“They are forecast to affect Campbelltown, Warragamba and Helensburgh by 7:25pm and Parramatta, Sutherland, Sydney Olympic Park, Richmond, Liverpool and Penrith by 7:55pm.”
A severe thunderstorm warning for those in metropolitan areas and parts of the Hunter, Illawarra and Central Tablelands Dorecast Districts said storms had “increased in strength” in the hours leading to 7.30pm.
“A number of thunderstorms have formed along an arc extending from West Wyalong to Yass, Goulburn and north towards western Sydney,” the alert stated.
“These storms have gradually increased in strength over the previous hours. A few of the stronger storms are capable of producing damaging winds and bursts of heavy rain.”
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