Tasmania drenched by deluge

Published: Aug 11, 2010 Duration: 00:01:59 Category: News & Politics

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they were dreading it in the North and praying for it in the South rain fell and is still falling in much of the state causing flash floods and widespread road closures as a low pressure system settled over tasmania's North and East last night many enjoyed the long awaited sound of rain on the roof but as it continued falling into the morning Rivers swelled to bursting and paddocks began to flood the already soaked Northeast had Falls as high as 175 mm at gray and 144 at St Mary's before it eased midm morning it's awkward and um worrying but then when you think about the people in Pakistan you know what we've had to experience is nothing compared to that further south and Inland it just kept coming with Mount Wellington recording more than 100 millim by this afternoon and a parch toart receiving more than 50 flooding closed roads including St Mary's pass and the Tasman Highway near bisho and drivers were warned to be on alert since 7:00 a.m. this morning Tasmania police has attended an excess of 20 motor vehicle crashes within the state uh fortunately none of those have resulted in serious injury in the Southeast the rain's been a welcome break from an extended dry spell by midafternoon some East Coast locals were begging it to stop there's also going to be a high tide tonight so there's um problems in a lot of those low-lying areas that you know might might become a problem others couldn't get enough the more moisture we get into the soil for the spring the better spring we're going to have the wet weather's expected to continue overnight in the south and east before heading out to the tasmin Sea the rain will start to ease from about 4 or 5:00 tomorrow morning and we'll be into a period of showers for Western Southern and Eastern parts of the state after that there are warnings for flash flooding and strong winds in many parts of the state Kylie Rollins ABC News

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