Heavy rain, flash flooding continues on NSW Mid North Coast as Victoria warned to brace for impact
The Mid North Coast has been warned to prepare for 'dangerous and life-threatening' weather conditions and flash flooding, as six-hourly rainfall totals between 100 and 150mm are predicted to hit parts of the region on Wednesday and Thursday.
Just before 5am on Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for locally intense rainfall for people in Mid North Coast and parts of Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and Hunter Forecast Districts.
The bureau warned the coastal trough in the vicinity of Coffs Harbour is set to track slowly towards the southern parts of the Northern Rivers districts today.
The rainfall may lead to further flash flooding in parts of the Mid North Coast, northern Hunter and adjacent parts of the Northern Tablelands districts.
Intense rainfall which may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding has been forecast for elevated inland parts of the Mid North Coast district north of about South West Rocks.
In this region, six-hourly rainfall totals between 100 and 150mm and 24-hourly rainfall totals between 200 and 300mm are possible.
Areas of heavy rainfall are expected to persist into Thursday as the trough then moves to the south once more.
Strong wind warnings and hazardous surf warnings are also in place for Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast and Hunter Coast.
The SES has 11 emergency warnings currently active, ordering people to evacuate or move to higher ground immediately due to flooding.
Flood warnings are currently in place for Hastings, Camden Haven, Manning and Gloucester, Myall, Wallis Lake, Paterson and Williams, Hunter and Wollombi Brook, Tuggerah Lake, Warrego and Darling catchments.
Significant rainfall totals recorded on Tuesday included:
248mm at Moparrabah, including 109mm in 6 hours to 8:41pm
254mm at Mt Seaview, including 118.4mm in the 6 hours to 7:30pm
205mm at Comboyne Public School.
199mm at Moppy Lookout (Barrington Tops).
193mm at Turners Flat.
165mm at Kooroowi.
Authorities have urged people to keep up to date with weather predictions and advice.
The next severe weather warning for the Mid North Coast will be issued by the bureau at 11am Wednesday.
Moving into the city, Sydney's soaking will also continue, with an additional 100mm of rainfall expected to hit the city in the coming days.
Despite reaching a moderate temperature of 21C on Wednesday, the bureau has warned large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.
Reprieve is however in sight, with the damaging system predicted to gradually push south into Victoria and Tasmania by Friday and finally clearing on Saturday.
It will then be Victoria's turn to experience the deluge, with the rain expected to settle in until the end of next week, as additional rainfall from the west targets the state as well as the western coast of Tasmania.
After a chilly morning, with severe frost warnings in place across Mallee, Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central, North East, South West, Central, West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland forecast districts, Melbourne is set to reach a mild 17C on Wednesday.
There are also warnings in place for Tasmanians on Wednesday morning, with temperatures down to -2C for parts of the Central North, Midlands and Upper Derwent Valley districts.
As the day progresses, Hobart will likely be sunny, reaching maximums of 16C.
Canberra and Adelaide are set to enjoy maximum temperatures of 18C on Wednesday, with possible showers predicted for both cities.
Brisbane will likely reach a comfortable 26C, with a slight chance of showers.
Darwin is tipped to be 31C and sunny, while in Perth, the mercury is set to hit 25C, with the bureau warning that the fire danger rating is moderate across the Swan Coastal Plain.
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