Tuesday 20 September 2022 11:50 PM Weather: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane: What time rain bomb will strike trends now
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Much of Australia's east coast is set to be hammered with rain over the coming days, making for a very wet and miserable public holiday.
Severe thunderstorms and damaging winds are on the forecast for NSW on Wednesday, with similar storms possible for southern Queensland.
Ongoing flooding is also expected for parts of NSW, Queensland and Victoria, the Bureau of Meteorology said, with several flood warnings issued for each state.
Central NSW is set to cop the worst of the bad weather with heavy rainfall creating the potential for flash flooding, with up to 70mm of rain expected to fall in six hours on Wednesday in the Central West Slopes and Plains and Riverina region.
Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra will be drenched on Thursday afternoon, was millions take the day off to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Much of Australia's east coast is set to be hammered with rain over the coming days, making for a very wet and miserable public holiday
A flood watch warning is current for north-west, central west and south-west inland rivers in NSW.
The wet weather is a result of a low pressure system moving across Australia's south-east.
Port Macquarie on NSW's mid north coast is in for a massive drenching with between 45 and 85mm of rain forecast over the next three days.
Weatherzone meteorologist Felix Levesque said the low pressure system was progressively moving towards the east coast of NSW and Queensland.
Ongoing flooding is also expected for parts of NSW, Queensland and Victoria, the