Flood and extreme climate warnings stay present for Queensland and New South Wales, regardless of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred being downgraded to a tropical low.
Right here’s what we all know to this point.
What’s occurring?
The tropical cyclone reached the Moreton Bay islands within the early hours of Saturday, selecting up velocity however shedding some depth. It was downgraded from a class 2 tropical cyclone to a class 1 about 1am.
Widespread falls had already been recorded, starting from 100mm to 200mm. Gold Coast seaway had recorded 132.8mm since 9am, and 153.6mm at Grafton airport.
The strongest winds had been 107km/h recorded on the Gold Coast, and widespread gusts of 50km/h to 70km/h across the Brisbane metropolitan space.
What can we count on?
Alfred was anticipated to convey widespread heavy rain and gusty winds because it crossed the coast, between Maroochydore and Bribie Island on Saturday morning, in keeping with the Bureau of Meteorology.
Senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury stated Alfred had weakened to a tropical low within the final hour.
However whereas the winds had backed off, vital and extreme climate warnings and flood warnings remained in place because of the rain, she stated, as heavy rainfall with the potential for flash flooding was nonetheless anticipated throughout southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.
“For Brisbane and the Gold Coast immediately is more likely to be the wettest day,” Bradbury stated.
What warnings are in place?
Extreme climate warnings had been present from Gympie all the way down to Coffs Harbour, and as far west as Toowoomba and Stanthorpe in Queensland, senior meteorologist Dean Narramore stated.
“This widespread rainfall will proceed to additional exacerbate the flood risk by a lot of south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, which is of a priority with already many main flood warnings present in these areas.”
Quite a lot of flood warnings have been issued.
In New South Wales, these included main flood warnings for the Tweed, Wilsons, Bellinger, Richmond, Nambucca, Brunswick, Orara rivers and Marshalls Creek.
In Queensland, there have been main flood warnings for the Bremer and Logan rivers and Warrill Creek.
Circumstances weren’t anticipated to ease till late on Sunday or early subsequent week.
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