More than 140,000 NSW homes still without power and more storms expected on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesThe NSW government has declared a natural disaster in three areas, as wild weather continues across Australia this weekend, with storms, heatwaves, and a possible cyclone predicted.Support from the state and federal governments will be rolled out to individuals, communities and businesses in Port Stephens, Maitland, and the Snowy Valley. Continue reading…More than 140,000 NSW homes still without power and more storms expected on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesThe NSW government has declared a natural disaster in three areas, as wild weather continues across Australia this weekend, with storms, heatwaves, and a possible cyclone predicted.Support from the state and federal governments will be rolled out to individuals, communities and businesses in Port Stephens, Maitland, and the Snowy Valley. Continue reading…
Wild weather will continue across Australia this weekend, with storms, heatwaves, and a possible cyclone predicted.
This week has seen monster hail and flooding in NSW, strong winds tearing roofs off buildings, and one death.
An 80-year-old man died in Cowra after a tree fell on his car in NSW.
Hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes were recorded, leaving more than 140,000 homes without power across the state.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has warned of ongoing storms in the east this weekend, and a high risk of a tropical cyclone developing off the coast of Western Australia.
There are also heatwaves in WA and Queensland.
The BoM said on Friday severe weather on the east coast of NSW would bring damaging winds, heavy rain and dangerous surf.
It said showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue across north-east NSW and south-east Queensland after those severe thunderstorms with “damaging winds, giant hail and heavy rainfall” hit the area on Thursday.
The NSW SES has warned about possible flooding in various areas and says people should monitor the SES’s website and Facebook page, listen to their local ABC station and check the Bom website.
Angus Hines, a meteorologist, said there was “an absolute abundance of moisture in the atmosphere” over north-western WA, with two tropical low pressure points developing. One of them, near Broome, will develop and strengthen over the weekend and move towards Exmouth.
“It will stay over the water but close enough to the country to have a significant impact on the weather for these northern communities,” he said, adding that there would be heavy rain and damaging wind gusts.
The Kimberley coast could see up to 200mm of rain, Hines said.
It will stay as a tropical low pressure system until Sunday, when there is a “high chance” it will develop into a tropical cyclone, but by then it will be moving away from the coast.
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