Storms along Australia’s east coast are likely to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, BoM warns. Two women were reported missing on Tuesday afternoon in flood waters in Gympie, 170km north of Brisbane. Police have launched a search and rescue operation to find them.
Storms along Australia ’s east coast are likely to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding , BoM warns. Two women reported missing in flood waters in Gympie as Bureau of Meteorology warns of further thunderstorms on Boxing Day night. Two women were reported missing on Tuesday afternoon in flood waters in Gympie, 170km north of Brisbane. Police have launched a search and rescue operation to find them. Emergency services were called to the Kidd Bridge around 3.
20pm after reports three women had become stuck in flood waters near the Mary river. One woman was rescued with non-life threatening injuries, while the other two remained missing. Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning for giant hail in the Hunter region in NSW, with a humid and unstable air mass alongside a trough bringing thunderstorms
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