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Parts Of Australia Set To Get Biggest Dumping Of Rain In Months

Parts Of Australia Set To Get Biggest Dumping Of Rain In Months

People in bushfire and drought affected areas will get 'significant relief'

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Parts of Australia are expected to cop an absolute battering from a storm that will see the heavens open later this week.

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its forecast for the next seven days and those in bushfire and drought affected areas are set to get some 'significant relief'.

Those living closer to the coast, however, will have to shoulder the majority of the incoming rain, with some areas expected to experience flash flooding.

Bureau of Meteorology

Sky News Weather chief meteorologist Tom Saunders said: "It could be enough rain for widespread flash flooding, perhaps even river flooding, through eastern NSW and the far southern part of Queensland.

"It's enough rain to extinguish bushfires up and down the eastern seaboard."

The north coast of New South Wales is forecast to get upwards of 200 millimetres of rain - the most across the whole country. It'll be music to farmers' ears, who have been praying for rain to help alleviate the drought.

At least 100 millimetres is also expected in and around the Australian Capital Territory, which will go a long way to extinguishing bushfires that have raged through the area over the last few days.

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service tweeted: "Easing conditions have seen all fires now at the advice alert level. More than 1500 firefighters will use favourable conditions to work on containment of a number of large fires."

Bureau of Meteorologist forecaster David Wilke explained when we can expect this rainfall.

"Rainfall is expected to become heavier from Wednesday on the north coast where it will build until it moves down south tomorrow evening and into the weekend," the meteorologist said.

"It's a reasonably good bet we'll get a good amount of rain right across the state."

Channel 9

Bureau meteorologist Harry Clark added: "Given how dry it has been in those areas this could be the most significant rainfall the southern interior of Queensland has seen in a number of months."

According to ABC, the massive storm is being caused by a high pressure system that has been building over the southern Tasman Sea.

That will combine with a surface trough sitting through central parts of Queensland and New South Wales to create a huge storm.

The last time it was expected to rain this much, parts of Australia were battered by hailstones as large as tennis balls so let's hope that doesn't happen again. Still, the rain in the country will be more than welcome.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: News, Australia