Storms and showers predicted to linger around Australia’s east coast over the weekend
Hail blankets a carpark in Morayfield, Queensland, earlier in October. Residents in Wide Bay have been put on alert for severe thunderstorms over the weekend.Hail blankets a carpark in Morayfield, Queensland, earlier in October. Residents in Wide Bay have been put on alert for severe thunderstorms over the weekend.Residents in Queensland’s Wide Bay and surrounding land areas have been put on alert for a risk of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail on Saturday.
Late on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology warned severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts would continue into the evening in parts of eastern NSW. Residents were told to move cars under cover, secure loose items around their homes and stay clear of creeks and storm drains.Extensive damage to transmission towers between western NSW’s Buronga and Broken Hill left more than 1,600 powerless at one point, with some temporarily connected via backup generators.Crowds heading to the MotoGP at Phillip Island, south-east of Melbourne, were told to reconsider travel due to wild conditions.
Showers would develop from Eastern Queensland to the Kimberley on Saturday afternoon before conditions settled, bureau senior meteorologist Sarah Scully said.
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