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Residents are bracing for flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds as severe thunderstorms are set to batter the east coast of Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued warnings across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria as multiple damaging systems are expected to hit today. A "blustery" cold front is hitting Victoria around East Gippsland, with heavy rain and flash flooding expected. Forecast for accumulated rain today, according to the ECMWF-HRES model(Weatherzone) A severe weather warning is also in place for south-east NSW. Heavy rain is forecast to hit Bega, Merimb...

Victoria has been battered by a month's worth of rain in just six hours with the wild weather prompting more than 600 residents to call for help. Three people had to be rescued by SES workers as flash floods wreaked havoc across the state on Friday - the wettest day in ten months. Two had to be rescued after attempting to drive through flood waters in South Melbourne and Bendigo, while one person was trapped in a house in Avoca in the state's Central Highlands. Some areas received as much as 70mm of rain while Melbourne was dumped with 40mm.  Dean Narramore, from the Bureau of Meteorology t...

Victoria cops a drenching with a month's worth of rain in a day Posted FriFriday 29 updated FriFriday 29 JanJanuary 2021 at 4:56am There was flash flooding in parts of Melbourne after about 40mm of rain fell in a four-hour period. ( Print text only Cancel A deep low pressure trough fuelled by tropical moisture saw some locations in Victoria get drenched by up to a month's worth of rainfall in a matter of hours. Key points: The SES has had more than 590 calls for help, including 138 calls for flooding Heavy rain has drenched the state, with around 70mm at Mount William and and 45mm in Melbou...

Advertisement Melbourne recorded its wettest day since last March and the State Emergency Service received more than 600 calls for help as damaging winds and heavy rain crossed the state on Friday. The city was inundated, with 48 millimetres of rain falling between 9am and 6pm. The state, meanwhile, recorded close to its average January rainfall of 46.8 millimetres. Umbrellas were out in force outside Flinders Street Station on Friday. Credit:Penny Stephens A person in South Melbourne had to climb out of their on car after it was “three quarters of the way underwater”, according to the SE...

There is also a risk of flash flooding on the central and north coast, as well as a heatwave in western Queensland.