One city in Victoria is bracing for a once-in-50-year flood, as three states stay within the firing line of a harmful climate occasion.
Satellite tv for pc photographs revealed by Weatherzone present an enormous cloudband stretching 5000km from the Indian Ocean to Australia’s south-east.
It is this cloudband that is introduced the present wave of utmost climate to that a part of the nation.
Residents of Rochester, 180km north of Melbourne, have been instructed waters might doubtlessly rise to 115m above sea degree, affecting a whole lot of houses.
Melbourne is predicted to cop the brunt of the rain this afternoon, as authorities warn of flash flooding within the metropolis into the night.
There may be additionally an elevated danger of landslides affecting roads.
Tasmania too is anticipating an inundation, with as much as 300mm of rain to fall in locations simply right now.
New South Wales can be within the firing line with rivers nonetheless swollen from latest rain.
