Severe weather to lash Australia’s south-east

Severe climate warnings are affecting the nation’s southeast coast, with thunderstorms and powerful winds anticipated throughout two states.

Meanwhile, Queensland is anticipating sturdy winds, however clear skies.

Parts of Victoria have been issued a Severe Weather warning, with heavy rainfall anticipated in Mallee, North Central, Wimmera and components of Central, East Gippsland, South West, Northern Country, North East and West and South Gippsland Forecast Districts on Wednesday as a chilly entrance strikes by way of the state.

Flash flooding is feasible for the Malle, Wimmera and South West Districts on Wednesday morning.

Up to 60mm of rain is predicted inside 24 hours, with some remoted excessive rainfall reaching as much as 100mm in some areas. 

The state will even be hit with damaging northerly wind gusts of 90-100km/h over the Grampians throughout the morning, shifting into the central ranges by the afternoon.

Damaging wind gusts may probably have an effect on the alpine areas as nicely.

Severe thunderstorms are additionally potential throughout western Victoria this afternoon.

South Australia lashed by storms

Parts of Riverland, Murraylands, Upper South East and Lower South East districts had been issued with a extreme climate warning final night time.

The climate warning was cancelled for the Mid-North and Riverland districts nevertheless it stays within the Meningie, Tailem Bend and Coonalpyn areas.

Flash flooding is predicted at present in these areas as a slow-moving chilly entrance strikes over the state.

Overnight, some areas had been soaked with fast bouts of rain.

Morphettville noticed 29mm of rain in a single hour at 3.45am.

Sturt Creek recorded 20mm of rain in half-hour, whereas Bellevue Heights recorded 10mm in the identical time span.

Sever Strom warnings have been cancelled within the Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, Upper South East and North East Pastoral districts areas.