It was a weekend of torrential rain for much of the east coast, especially southeast QLD, northeast NSW and the Sydney metropolitan area.
The heaviest February rain in over 100 years hammered southeast QLD with over 300mm across the Gold Coast hinterland in just a 24 hour period. Mt Tamborine saw 372mm and Clagiraba Road recorded a huge 415mm in the rain gauge! The Brisbane City rain gauge recorded 100mm while Logan picked up 128mm, its heaviest day of rain in 5 years.
Across the border torrential rain also hammered holiday towns in northeast NSW with Byron Bay getting 219mm.
Further south, weekend plans across Sydney were literally washed out with the heaviest falls on Friday affecting the western suburbs. Penrith had its heaviest rain in 8 years with 92mm. The worst- hit areas on Saturday were the northern suburbs with a whopping 209mm in Berowra, its heaviest rain in 19 years. Other areas that experienced flooding were Frenchs Forest with 195mm and Turrumurra with 198mm. The city itself received its heaviest rain in 2 years with 77mm on Saturday.
Showers are still affecting the east coast today but fortunately conditions are easing.
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