The biggest rain in years soaked parts of NSW, the ACT and Victoria over the weekend transforming landscapes across city and country. First it was Melbourne, and then Canberra and Sydney as flash flooding turned roads into rivers. Canberra picked up almost 100mm over the weekend- its heaviest rain in 8 years. Sydneysiders were also drenched with this February the wettest month in 2 1/2 years so far. If you've driven from Sydney to Canberra before, you wouldn't recognise the notoriously dry Lake George which is glistening thanks to puddles of water. Dam levels across all three cities are also on the rise.
The weekend downpour also turned the outback town of Broken Hill into a red sea after 40-50mm of rain pounded across the desert. Other towns that got drenched include Yass which had it's wettest weekend in 21 years with 117mm, while Wilcannia had it's heaviest two-day rain in 10 years 96mm.
The rain-bearing low has now moved into the Tasman and is pounding southeast NSW and eastern Victoria with heavy rain and damaging surf. Waves over 5m are expected on the NSW south coast which may lead to beach erosion, and a severe weather warning for flash flooding has been issued. While conditions are expected to ease today, QLD is still in the thick of it with further rain this week.
Widespread falls of 50mm or more are possible over the next 4 days across all districts in QLD except for the far southwest. Rain will also start to pick up over the north tropical coast with towns including Cairns set to get heavy rain towards the end of this week.
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