Forecasters are bracing for flash flooding as a monster storm batters parts of one state, with rain drenching much of the east coast.
A flash flooding alert has been issued for Queensland’s southeast corner as the nation wakes up to a wet and wild day.
Heavy rain and lightning had already pelted Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and Toowoomba for several hours by 6am Thursday, with more than 50mm falling in one hour at Dalby on the Darling Downs.
“Dalby copping an absolute monster at the moment,” local resident Adam Ogden said, the Courier Mail reported.
Severe thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near the area west of Esk with a cell quickly moving east, bringing heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) had already warned severe thunderstorms and massive hail could be on the way on Thursday as part of a huge weather system washing over the east coast.
Sydney and Northern NSW have also been drenched on Thursday morning, with more rain on the way.
Heavier than expected summer rainfall across the nation’s north and northeast is looking more likely this summer after the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on Tuesday raised its ENSO outlook from a La Nina “watch” to “alert”.
The bureau said continued cooling in the tropical Pacific Ocean throughout September – and subsequent warmer oceans near Australia – had boosted the chances of La Nina from 50 per cent to 70 per cent, roughly three times the normal likelihood of an event forming in any year.
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