East Coast bracing for more wild weather as cyclone approaches
Sydney: Australia’s east coast is in store for more wild weather as a tropical cyclone edges closer. Residents in Queensland and New South Wales were still recovering from severe storms that had battered the east coast over the past week and Tropical Cyclone Uesi is set to wreak more havoc on affected regions.
Queensland on flood watch as Tropical Cyclone Uesi approaches
Tropical Cyclone Uesi was near New Caledonia (mid-day yesterday) and tracking south-southwest as a Category Three system. The Bureau of Meteorology expects the cyclone to reach Queensland by tonight and then weaken as it moves south towards NSW.
Parts of Queensland remained on flood watch, with warnings for coastal catchments between Bundaberg and the NSW border. The southern inland also braced for significant rain, including Dalby which had flooded once in recent days and could flood again.
A severe thunderstorm bore down on Crows Nest and Haden, moving south and potentially causing flash flooding.
More rain expected for NSW after week-long drenching
Residents in NSW work up to more rain yesterday morning with many still recovering from previous storms.
The State Emergency Service is warning people to take precautions to avoid further property damage as thousands of businesses and properties remain without power. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning late yesterday for parts of the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, North West Slopes and Plains and Northern Tablelands forecast districts.
They warned of intense rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in these areas overnight.
Showers had hit Sydney that morning, with 6-25mm expected to fall and another 15-35mm possible today.
The BoM said 15-45mm was possible in Nowra today, while today the South Coast town could get 4080mm.
The NSW coast was drenched over the weekend, with up to 550mm of rain falling across parts of the state.
Sydney recorded its heaviest rain in three decades and was battered by gale-force winds, with emergency services left to clear fallen trees, remove debris and extract cars from floodwaters. On Tuesday night, the SES said it had received some 12,951 requests for help in the past week, with 10,660 call-outs completed.