Australia: Wicked Wild Weather sweeps four states
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Australia: Wicked Wild Weather sweeps four states
* From: AAP
* September 04, 2010 8:03PM
WILD wet spring weather has wreaked havoc across four Australia states, with major flooding forecast in Victoria and damaging winds along the eastern seaboard predicted tonight.
An intense low pressure system just west of Victoria deepened as it moved east today, extending wet and windy conditions across New South Wales and the ACT.
In Victoria, torrential rainfall around the state has left communities on flood watch as creeks and rivers continue rising, particularly in the state's northeast.
Flash flood warnings remain in place for all western, central and northern districts across Victoria and are likely to continue until tomorrow morning.
The State Emergency Service (SES) responded to nearly 800 calls for assistance today, mainly from residents in northern Victoria, while the army has been called in to assist with flood damage assessment.
In the Goldfields region about 100 residents in the central Victorian town of Creswick have been relocated to the town hall after flash flooding, while 30 people from the Riverside Caravan Park in nearby Clunes were also relocated.
In NSW, the weather bureau has warned of damaging winds with gusts of 90km/h for the Riverina, the ACT, South Coast, Lower Western, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands.
The weather is also expected to affect parts of the Upper Western, Illawarra and South West Slopes.
Destructive winds averaging 65km/h with peak gusts around 125km/h are forecast for the Snowy Mountains district.
Alpine Peaks may experience winds averaging 100km/h with peak gusts in excess of around 130km/h.
"The biggest concern is the prediction of possible severe weather tonight across the southern part of the state," a weather bureau spokesman said.
In the Australian Capital Territory emergency crews were kept busy with fallen trees and traffic bingles as the territory got almost all of its August rainfall in just one day.
The ACT Fire Brigade got more than 90 calls for help from 6am (AEST), mainly for minor damage such as leaky roofs.
A tree fell on a house at Aranda, in Canberra's north, and there was minor flooding at a causeway at Curtin, in Canberra's south.
According to the weather bureau, there was 17.2 millimetres of rain in Canberra between 9am and 5pm (AEST) today.
It was almost as much rainfall as the entire month of August, when Canberra received 22 millimetres.
Damaging winds averaging 50 km/h with peak gusts around 90 km/h were forecast for the ACT this evening.
In central Australia the iconic Birdsville races were postponed for the first time in their 128-year history after an unseasonal downpour flooded the track.
According to weatherzone.com.au, more than 33mm of rain dumped on the Birdsville track, about 10km north of the South Australian border, early on Saturday morning.
A South Australian SES spokeswoman said the majority of calls for help on Saturday were minor, but had stretched emergency services to the limit.
"Of the 900 today most of them were related to trees coming down," she said.
"We've had 1000 emergency services personnel either active or on standby."
Strong winds in metropolitan Adelaide are expected to continue into this evening, the spokeswoman said.
Australia: Wicked Wild Weather sweeps four states
* From: AAP
* September 04, 2010 8:03PM
WILD wet spring weather has wreaked havoc across four Australia states, with major flooding forecast in Victoria and damaging winds along the eastern seaboard predicted tonight.
An intense low pressure system just west of Victoria deepened as it moved east today, extending wet and windy conditions across New South Wales and the ACT.
In Victoria, torrential rainfall around the state has left communities on flood watch as creeks and rivers continue rising, particularly in the state's northeast.
Flash flood warnings remain in place for all western, central and northern districts across Victoria and are likely to continue until tomorrow morning.
The State Emergency Service (SES) responded to nearly 800 calls for assistance today, mainly from residents in northern Victoria, while the army has been called in to assist with flood damage assessment.
In the Goldfields region about 100 residents in the central Victorian town of Creswick have been relocated to the town hall after flash flooding, while 30 people from the Riverside Caravan Park in nearby Clunes were also relocated.
In NSW, the weather bureau has warned of damaging winds with gusts of 90km/h for the Riverina, the ACT, South Coast, Lower Western, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands.
The weather is also expected to affect parts of the Upper Western, Illawarra and South West Slopes.
Destructive winds averaging 65km/h with peak gusts around 125km/h are forecast for the Snowy Mountains district.
Alpine Peaks may experience winds averaging 100km/h with peak gusts in excess of around 130km/h.
"The biggest concern is the prediction of possible severe weather tonight across the southern part of the state," a weather bureau spokesman said.
In the Australian Capital Territory emergency crews were kept busy with fallen trees and traffic bingles as the territory got almost all of its August rainfall in just one day.
The ACT Fire Brigade got more than 90 calls for help from 6am (AEST), mainly for minor damage such as leaky roofs.
A tree fell on a house at Aranda, in Canberra's north, and there was minor flooding at a causeway at Curtin, in Canberra's south.
According to the weather bureau, there was 17.2 millimetres of rain in Canberra between 9am and 5pm (AEST) today.
It was almost as much rainfall as the entire month of August, when Canberra received 22 millimetres.
Damaging winds averaging 50 km/h with peak gusts around 90 km/h were forecast for the ACT this evening.
In central Australia the iconic Birdsville races were postponed for the first time in their 128-year history after an unseasonal downpour flooded the track.
According to weatherzone.com.au, more than 33mm of rain dumped on the Birdsville track, about 10km north of the South Australian border, early on Saturday morning.
A South Australian SES spokeswoman said the majority of calls for help on Saturday were minor, but had stretched emergency services to the limit.
"Of the 900 today most of them were related to trees coming down," she said.
"We've had 1000 emergency services personnel either active or on standby."
Strong winds in metropolitan Adelaide are expected to continue into this evening, the spokeswoman said.
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