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A new update from the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life threatening flash flooding to communities east of Bundaberg. A subtropical low off the Capricornia Coast is forecast to combine with a strong upper level low and deepen while moving south towards Hervey Bay waters. It is then expected to adopt a south to south easterly track early on Monday morning and move off the coast around Rainbow Beach or Noosa Heads during the day. Heavy rainfall which may lead to flash flooding is likely to develop over areas between Seventeen Seventy and the Sunshine Coast later tonight and through Monday.
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Some beaches in Sydney and along the Sunshine Coast have been particularly inundated lately. Gershwin says bluebottles are more commonly found at surf beaches. “Inevitably they’re going to be more common at any beaches getting the wind like that, so surf beaches as opposed to enclosed coves … That’s just a function of how [bluebottles] travel.”
Warming oceans have an impact on bluebottle populations too. “With many types of jellyfish, warming water does cause them to grow more, both in terms of personal growth [the organism itself grows faster] as well as population growth. So we end up with more jellyfish overall,” says Gershwin.