'Brown rain' coats Melbourne cars, river and closes public pools | zhope10
While the steady rain, which is expected to ease early-mid morning, washed much of the mud from cars,is still hearing complaints about muddied pools, dirty cisterns and ill-fated loads of washing. Between 15-25 millimetres of rain fell across the majority of suburbs overnight, with the city receiving 21 millimetres.
It was enough for Burnley Station to close on Thursday morning because of significant flooding in the subway. The latest rain event has pushed Melbourne's January's rainfall to more than 110 millimetres, more than double the month's average total of 46 millimetres, and with still a week to go. But Mr Stewart said conditions were easing, which is good news for play at the Australian Open, and the rest of the week would be mostly mild and dry, save for the odd squally shower. "After today it's going to clear, so much lighter winds over coming day ... we're looking at mid to high 20s, so no scorching days as we sometimes we see at the tennis," he said. Fierce winds also battered the state on Wednesday evening, with gusts of up to 83km/h recorded at Melbourne airport and a top of 128km/h at Mount Hotham.But the suburbs largely escaped tree damage overnight. The worst-hit area appeared to be Malvern, where State Emergency Service crews received more than 30 calls for help, mostly for leaking roofs. The milder conditions for the rest of the week also reduces the danger of new fires or dangerous flare-ups. Despite Wednesday's hot and windy conditions, particularly in the north-east, the state escaped mostly unscathed by fires.which sparked requests for residents of Broomfield, Allendale and Kingston to leave while they still could, was quickly brought under control and downgraded by 8pm. By Thursday morning only one 'watch and act' alert, for Buldah in far East Gippsland, remained in the state.
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