Sydney set to be battered by a month’s worth of rain this weekend
Sydney is bracing for a deluge, with up to a month’s worth of rain predicted to fall on Saturday and Sunday.
The Hunter and Illawarra regions are also set to experience heavy rain, with 50mm expected to fall in some parts within the next 24 hours.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.The wet weather is due to a humid air mass moving through NSW.
There is also the potential for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across central and southern Queensland, as well as northern Victoria.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts 10mm to 35mm of rain will fall in Sydney in the remaining hours of Saturday, with the chance of a thunderstorm.
Heavy winds are also expected, blowing up to 20km/h or 30km/h.
On Sunday, there is a medium chance of shows predicted, most likely in the afternoon and early evening, with a chance of thunderstorm.
On the other side of the country, bushfires continue to threaten parts of the West Australian coastline.
Locals are being advised to monitor conditions, while others are warned against returning.
Conditions have eased in the Shire of Dandaragan, about 200 kilometres north of Perth, after a fire sparked by a fatal car crash burned through more than 70,000 hectares.
But residents who evacuated from fishing shack villages at Grey and Wedge Island have been warned not to return due to a possible threat to lives and homes.
Those who remained have been advised to continue monitoring conditions.
The fire at Cervantes in the shire’s south has been downgraded to a watch and act level.
Department of Fire and Emergency Services superintendent Damien Pumphrey urged residents to continue monitoring conditions and emergency alerts at a community briefing on Friday night.
“(Saturday’s) weather and the days following, really unpredictable, not great weather and that situation may change, and the warning level may go back up,” he said.
More than 200 firefighters are battling the blaze, assisted by large air tankers which joined the fight on Thursday.
Parts of Indian Ocean Drive and multiple surrounding roads in the area remain closed.
An evacuation centre at Jurien Bay Sports and Recreation Centre has reopened, while Nambung National Park remains closed.
Originally published on 7NEWS
