Residents of eastern Tasmania are being warned to brace for severe thunderstorms and potentially dangerous flash flooding in some areas.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe storm warning for the state’s east coast, and parts of the southeast and northeast for Monday afternoon.
‘An unstable and humid easterly flow is causing thunderstorms embedded within areas of rain,’ the bureau says.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned residents of eastern Tasmania to brace for severe thunderstorms and potentially dangerous flash flooding in some areas
Heavy rain and flash flooding may also occur down the east coast and could hit Tasmanian towns including St Helens, Swansea, Bicheno, Orford, Fingal and Scamander following the flood disaster in Lismore
Evacuation efforts for residents in Lismore, northern NSW, continued into Monday afternoon following the collapse of the Wilson River levee
‘Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce intense rainfall that may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding over the next several hours in parts of the northeast.’
Heavy rain and flash flooding may also occur down the east coast and could hit towns including St Helens, Swansea, Bicheno, Orford, Fingal and Scamander.
Some 66mm of rain has been recorded since 9am on Monday at Eddystone Point/larapuna in the northeast.
Lismore, northern NSW, residents were forced to flee flooded homes, bundling pets and loved ones into boats to escape
Locals with boats, emergency crews, and the military are assisting with the evacuation order in Lismore as flood water continues to rise
The news follows severe flooding in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Evacuation efforts for residents in Lismore, northern NSW, continued into Monday afternoon following the collapse of the Wilson River levee.
Several residents shared pleas for help online as people became trapped in their homes by rising flood water.
The evacuation of Lismore residents continued into the afternoon as locals are warned the river could reach 14.2 metres
Several Lismore residents shared pleas for help online as people became trapped in their homes by rising flood water
Locals on boats, SES crews, and the military are assisting in rescue efforts as residents have reported hearing screams from people unable to escape.
374 calls for assistance in the Northern Rivers region were made to the SES in half an hour.
Pets and loved ones were bundled into the small boats on Monday morning amid reports the Lismore River could reach 14.2 metres in the afternoon.
SES volunteers had carried out 70 flood rescues and evacuated some 15,000 people from NSW’s north coast since torrential rain began falling on Tuesday, Premier Dominic Perrottet told reporters on Sunday.
374 calls for assistance in the Northern Rivers region were made to the SES in half an hour
One NSW life has already been lost to the weather, with a man killed when his Land Cruiser was carried away by floodwater.
Police will resume search efforts for a man who went missing in floodwaters in Lismore on Sunday.
Officers heard him calling out for help about 4pm but ‘lost sight of the man a short time later’.
Southeast Queensland has been subject to major widespread flooding since late last week
Residents in Milton, Brisbane, were hard hit by deep flooding following days of heavy rainfall
Seven Queensland resident have died and some 49,000 lost power as the state faces its worst flood since 2011
NSW Emergency Services Minister Stephanie Cooke said the situation in Lismore was much more severe than forecast on Sunday, straining the resources of SES.
‘We are putting every single available emergency services personnel and resources in place to support the community,’ Ms Cooke told radio 2GB.
‘We appreciate that this situation is absolutely heartbreaking.’
Floodwaters have reached their highest levels in half a century along Wilsons River after reaching 12.26m at 5am – smashing the 12.15m record set in March 1974.
Residents along the Brisbane River received a ‘major flooding’ alert from Brisbane council as news broke the river was expected to peak at 4m on Monday morning
Paddington, Brisbane, locals came up with creative ways of getting around as floodwater continues to rise
Seven Queensland resident have died as the state faces its worst flood since 2011.
Residents along the Brisbane River received a ‘major flooding’ alert from Brisbane council as news broke the river was expected to peak at 4m on Monday morning.
Some 49,000 houses in the region have lost power as residents in Rosalie and Milton fled their homes.
Emergency services are attempting to get supplies through to suburbs in Brisbane’s west as conditions worsen.
Suburbs from Pullenvale to Mt Crosby could be cut off for days due to rising floodwaters.
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