250mm rain, 90km/h winds: Severe weather to slam into Qld coast

The low, which is embedded within a trough, will reach Fraser Island and Hervey Bay late on Sunday afternoon, where it will hover just off the coast but create devastating rain.Severe weather has been forecast for 470km stretch of coastline from Seventeen Seventy to Bribie Island. The first area to experience heavy rain should be the popular coastal city of Hervey Bay, which could be lashed with as much as 250mm in a short period.The rainfall is then expected to shift south, with some areas of…



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