Dangerous surf and 'a month's worth of rain' tipped as east coast low swirls off south-east Queensland
Six-metre waves have formed off Brisbane, as an east coast low churns up "life-threatening" conditions on Queensland waters, the Bureau of Meteorology says.A wave monitoring buoy off Minjerribah off Brisbane recorded maximum wave heights of more than 6 metresJuly has been unusually wet, but the BOM said the current risk of flooding was 'fairly low'
BOM meteorologist Shane Kennedy said that was equivalent to a wind speed that occurs during cyclones.Mr Kennedy said a 130kph gust was recorded on an off-shore reef and warned that "pretty fierce winds" could blow onshore throughout Friday.Speaking from the Gold Coast Seaway tower, he said breaking waves were sending spray "20m high".
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