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| Severe storm warnings for Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia - live updates | Severe storm warnings for Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia - live updates |
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| 5.14am GMT05:14 | |
| Back in Sydney, the rain is going to affect some commutes home, including to the city’s eastern suburbs, with flooding reported on Syd Einfeld Dr between Bondi Rd and Oxford St. | |
| BONDI JUNCTION: Flooding is affecting #SydEinfeldDr between #BondiRd and #OxfordSt. Exercise caution. | |
| 5.02am GMT05:02 | |
| We now know a little bit more about the 63-year-old man who drowned in a flooded creek at Seymour on Monday morning. | |
| AAP reports that the man was Max Loweke, a well-known local bakery owner that was driving to work when his Best Choice Bakery van got stuck on a flooded bridge over Whiteheads Creek about 2am. It was washed away before he could be rescued and was found by police 5.5 hours later. | |
| This from the AAP report: | |
| A member of a nearby SES crew, who was attending a separate job, witnessed the van going into the water. | |
| He tied a rope around his waist and reached the van, but it filled with water and submerged. | |
| Sergeant Geoff Shaw said the water was deep and flowing fast at the time. | |
| “It is a tragedy,” he told reporters. | |
| “We encourage people to be cautious of floods and at no time, whether in a vehicle or on foot, to enter any sort of floodwaters. It is extremely dangerous.” | |
| Loweke had owned the bakery for more than 10-years and was an active member of local sporting clubs, who paid him tribute on Monday. | |
| The Royals Cricket Club wrote: | |
| Every bet placed on a horse now will be done with a tear in our eye and knowing that the great man will be riding it home for us. | |
| The Victorian emergency services minister, Jane Garrett, told reporters: | |
| We have got some very volatile weather in Victoria at the moment. | |
| It’s a tragic loss for that family, it’s also a tragedy for the SES workers who responded and we just don’t want to see that happen in Victoria again. | |
| 4.52am GMT04:52 | |
| There’s a flood watch issued for catchments in northern NSW, including the lower hunter, Karuah Valley, Manning Valley, Camden Haven and Paterson Williams. The alert for the lower hunter includes possible flooding in Newcastle CBD. | |
| In the BoM lexicon, a flood watch is “early advise about possible future flooding”. A flood warning, like that issued for the Moruya River on the NSW south coast, indicates a catchment already in flood. | |
| Moruya Valley has had more than a metre of rain - 110mm - since 6pm Sunday. | |
| 4.39am GMT04:39 | 4.39am GMT04:39 |
| While Sydney tries to figure out how to deal with floodwater during (almost) peak hour, let’s look at South Australia. | While Sydney tries to figure out how to deal with floodwater during (almost) peak hour, let’s look at South Australia. |
| The bad weather began with thunderstorms in the Flinders Rangers, northwest of Adelaide, which are expected to move east across the state as the afternoon goes on. The BOM has issued a severe thunderstorm warning with heavy rainfall, damaging wind and large hailstones for Adelaide, Mount Lofty Ranges, the Murraylands, upper south east and parts of the yorks peninsula, lower south east and northeast pastoral districts. | The bad weather began with thunderstorms in the Flinders Rangers, northwest of Adelaide, which are expected to move east across the state as the afternoon goes on. The BOM has issued a severe thunderstorm warning with heavy rainfall, damaging wind and large hailstones for Adelaide, Mount Lofty Ranges, the Murraylands, upper south east and parts of the yorks peninsula, lower south east and northeast pastoral districts. |
| Those hailstones are expected to be between 2cm and 3cm in diameter. Get your golf balls ready. | Those hailstones are expected to be between 2cm and 3cm in diameter. Get your golf balls ready. |
| It’s a pretty raw deal for residents in a lot of those areas, which are still recovering from recent bushfires. Among localities in the storm’s path is the farming area of Pinery, about 50km east of Adelaide, where two people were killed in a bushfire in November. | It’s a pretty raw deal for residents in a lot of those areas, which are still recovering from recent bushfires. Among localities in the storm’s path is the farming area of Pinery, about 50km east of Adelaide, where two people were killed in a bushfire in November. |
| 4.33am GMT04:33 | 4.33am GMT04:33 |
| Heavy rain is already causing problems for Sydney traffic. | Heavy rain is already causing problems for Sydney traffic. |
| MASCOT: Flooding is affecting southbound lanes of #GeneralHolmesDr at the exit to the airport tunnel. Exercise caution. | MASCOT: Flooding is affecting southbound lanes of #GeneralHolmesDr at the exit to the airport tunnel. Exercise caution. |
| ROUSE HILL: Rouse Rd is closed due to flooding. Motorists should use Windsor Rd or Schofields Rd instead. | ROUSE HILL: Rouse Rd is closed due to flooding. Motorists should use Windsor Rd or Schofields Rd instead. |
| 4.28am GMT04:28 | 4.28am GMT04:28 |
| There are three areas under storm warning in NSW - the mid-north coast/Hunter Valley area, south coast/tablelands/Snowy Mountains area and the south-west pocket of the state, near Wentworth. | There are three areas under storm warning in NSW - the mid-north coast/Hunter Valley area, south coast/tablelands/Snowy Mountains area and the south-west pocket of the state, near Wentworth. |
| The north and south coast are seeing heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding, with rainfalls of up to 50mm predicted over 24 hours. The towns of Batemans Bay, Braidwood, Ulladulla, Moruya Heads, Newcastle and Maitland (yes I know the last two are technically cities) expected to be most affected. | The north and south coast are seeing heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding, with rainfalls of up to 50mm predicted over 24 hours. The towns of Batemans Bay, Braidwood, Ulladulla, Moruya Heads, Newcastle and Maitland (yes I know the last two are technically cities) expected to be most affected. |
| And here's the Sydney radar. Much more colourful. https://t.co/oBq8ljUlNs pic.twitter.com/x1sSCUydqe | And here's the Sydney radar. Much more colourful. https://t.co/oBq8ljUlNs pic.twitter.com/x1sSCUydqe |
| There’s also a minor flood warning for the Moruya River, south of Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast. The river was expected to reach at 4.4m at Wamban at 5pm. As of midday it was 2.2m, and rising. | There’s also a minor flood warning for the Moruya River, south of Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast. The river was expected to reach at 4.4m at Wamban at 5pm. As of midday it was 2.2m, and rising. |
| The second severe thunderstorm warning predicts heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding in the southwest of the state, around Wentworth. It seems to be the same storm that’s affecting South Australia. | The second severe thunderstorm warning predicts heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding in the southwest of the state, around Wentworth. It seems to be the same storm that’s affecting South Australia. |
| 4.21am GMT04:21 | 4.21am GMT04:21 |
| The radar images for Mildura is showing patches of very heavy rain over the NSW border. Lighter but pretty consistent rain in northeast Victoria. The standard SES warning applies to both places - stay out of floodwaters. | The radar images for Mildura is showing patches of very heavy rain over the NSW border. Lighter but pretty consistent rain in northeast Victoria. The standard SES warning applies to both places - stay out of floodwaters. |
| A tale of two radars - lots of light rain over northeast Victoria, patches of very heavy rain near Mildura. pic.twitter.com/yZ4fXcXZo8 | A tale of two radars - lots of light rain over northeast Victoria, patches of very heavy rain near Mildura. pic.twitter.com/yZ4fXcXZo8 |
| 4.16am GMT04:16 | 4.16am GMT04:16 |
| Let’s start with Victoria, where a man drowned after being swept away in floodwaters near Seymour early Monday morning. | Let’s start with Victoria, where a man drowned after being swept away in floodwaters near Seymour early Monday morning. |
| There’s still a flood warning current for nearby Hughes Creek. The creek peaked at 2.8m on Sunday night but fell below 2m on Wednesday. The creek is part of the Goulburn River catchment, which recorded rainfalls of up to 78mm in places on Sunday. | There’s still a flood warning current for nearby Hughes Creek. The creek peaked at 2.8m on Sunday night but fell below 2m on Wednesday. The creek is part of the Goulburn River catchment, which recorded rainfalls of up to 78mm in places on Sunday. |
| The thunderstorms are a fair way to the west. The severe thunderstorm warning, issued at 12.55pm, predicted heavy rainfall that may need to flash-flooding in the Ballarat, Bendigo, Maryborough, Castlemaine, Kyneton and Stawell areas. | The thunderstorms are a fair way to the west. The severe thunderstorm warning, issued at 12.55pm, predicted heavy rainfall that may need to flash-flooding in the Ballarat, Bendigo, Maryborough, Castlemaine, Kyneton and Stawell areas. |
| 4.07am GMT04:07 | 4.07am GMT04:07 |
| The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe storm warnings for parts of NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Expect heavy rain and flooding on the NSW north and south coast, thunderstorms (and more flooding) in central and northwestern Victoria and across the Murray in southwestern NSW, and heavy rain, damaging winds and yet more flash flooding for most everything east of Port Augusta in South Australia, all the way up to Moomba. | The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe storm warnings for parts of NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Expect heavy rain and flooding on the NSW north and south coast, thunderstorms (and more flooding) in central and northwestern Victoria and across the Murray in southwestern NSW, and heavy rain, damaging winds and yet more flash flooding for most everything east of Port Augusta in South Australia, all the way up to Moomba. |
| I’ll break down those warnings in a moment. In the mean time, send me your pictures and local weather reports on Twitter @callapilla | I’ll break down those warnings in a moment. In the mean time, send me your pictures and local weather reports on Twitter @callapilla |