Severe Weather Update: Heavy rain continues for Vic, Tas, southern NSW - 13 October

Published: Oct 12, 2022 Duration: 00:02:36 Category: Science & Technology

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Introduction Heavy rain continues to fall across south east Australia. This is producing widespread moderate to major flooding across multiple states. Rainfall totals Observed rainfall totals in the 24 hours 9 a.m. Thursday show widespread moderate to heavy falls across the region. But the highest falls have been through northern Victoria with falls in excess of 120 millimetres. And northern Tasmania with falls in excess of 180 millimetres. And there is more heavy rain on the way. So a number of severe weather warnings are still current. Severe weather warnings For southern New South Wales and Victoria, that's for heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding as well as damaging winds for elevated areas. And for Tasmania, heavy to intense rainfall which could lead to life threatening flash flooding, along with damaging winds and damaging surf conditions for the eastern parts of the state. Rivers have responded very quickly and a number of flood Flood warnings warnings are current, particularly across Victoria and Tasmania. Many of these are new and flood watches continue to be active as rivers start to rise even further with this rainfall coming through. If we have a closer look at Victoria and Tasmania. We see that multiple minor to major flood warnings have been issued. Current conditions In Victoria, these include for the Campaspe, Goulburn and King Rivers and around the Melbourne area, warnings are current for the Werribee and Maribyrnong Rivers. And in northern Tasmania, warnings are current for multiple catchments including the Mersey, the Meander and the North Esk and South Esk rivers. And because this is a dynamic situation, what you see here will change frequently. So it is important that you have the latest information. For the rest of Thursday, we can expect heavy rainfall through the south east, particularly through the warning area. Rainfall does ease to showers for western New South Wales and western Victoria late in the evening, with the rainfall pushing into eastern parts of Victoria and further through eastern New South Wales. Rain gradually starts to ease across Tasmania into Friday morning and we see the showers pushed up into eastern New South Wales and into the coast. But rainfall totals won't be as high. The cold front gets a move on during Friday and by late Friday and Saturday, we'll see a return to clear skies but flooding impacts are likely to last well into next week. Outro So with plenty of heavy rainfall on the way for New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, and the expectation of widespread flooding, it is important to have the latest information from the Bureau's website or the Bureau’s weather app. As always, follow all advice from local emergency services, and please stay safe.

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