Australians on alert as heavy rain set to batter the east coast

Published: Aug 09, 2024 Duration: 00:01:25 Category: News & Politics

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parts of queens and New South Wales are in uh for some heavy rain alert warnings are out in thunderstorms forecast over the next few days it's go live to ker shields in Melbourne uh Brisbane I should say and it's about 15 degrees where you are in Brisbane when are we expecting uh that rain to really increase well Janie really from tomorrow we're expecting that to kick in a coastal trophy strengthening and it will bring rain to much of the East Coast stretching right from can at the top in Queensland all the way down to port mcquary in New South Wales now some areas will receive up to 100 mm of rain over the coming days in isolated showers and the impact of flooding is likely to be felt from Monday uh flood watches are already in place for minor flooding in the Southeast Queensland Coastal catchments as well as parts of the New South Wales Northern rivers and midn North Coast now this is an unseason able weather event and it is expected to last until late Wednesday or Thursday as well and it is really putting a cloud over the echa here in Brisbane it officially begins today and uh usually about 400,000 people go to the event this year though Janie an umbrella or a raincoat might just come in handy sounds that way indeed well thank you very much ker shields live in brisban

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