Environment & Climate
Bureau says unusually large storm system brings severe weather to eastern Australia
The Guardian reports that the Bureau of Meteorology placed large parts of eastern Australia on severe thunderstorm alert, with flood warnings active in southern Queensland.
The short version
- Large parts of eastern Australia were placed on severe thunderstorm alert on Sunday afternoon.[The Guardian]
- Bureau meteorologist David Crock described the system as an unusually large multi-state storm system.[The Guardian]
- Eight flood warnings are active in southern Queensland after days of torrential rain.[The Guardian]
- Further potential storms and flood risk are forecast for Monday, so conditions may still change.[The Guardian]
Key facts
- Large parts of eastern Australia were placed on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon.[The Guardian]
- The Bureau of Meteorology said a broad line of storms had swept through western New South Wales.[The Guardian]
- Eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland after days of torrential rain.[The Guardian]
- Wind gusts of up to 100km/h were recorded in the central west of New South Wales around midday Sunday.[The Guardian]
- Areas around the Sunshine Coast recorded between 200mm and 400mm of rain in the past week.[The Guardian]
- Bureau meteorologist David Crock described the system as an unusually large multi-state system of storms.[The Guardian]
What remains uncertain
- Forecast storm and flood risk for Monday has not been observed, and the scale of its impacts is unknown.[The Guardian]
- The event rests on a single outlet's reporting, The Guardian, and has not been independently corroborated in the provided sources.[The Guardian]
Sources
Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.