General
Easter drenching begins as Queensland coastal areas expected to be battered with wild weather
Parts of Queensland are bracing for extreme weather overnight and into Easter Monday, with central and coastal regions already copping a drenching amid several wild weather warnings.
Key points:
- Up to 250 millimetres of rain are forecast to fall in six hours in isolated parts of the Queensland coast
- A severe weather warning is in place for areas between Seventeen Seventy to Bribie Island with conditions to deteriorate overnight
- The BOM warns potentially “life-threatening flash flooding” could be seen in parts
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued a severe weather warning for parts of the Wide Bay, Burnett and south-east coast regions, stretching from Seventeen Seventy down to Bribie Island.
Heavy rainfall, damaging winds, big surf…
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