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Forbes residents told to evacuate as town braces for flood
Forbes residents have been ordered to evacuate by the State Emergency Service as the town braces for major flooding.
Forbes residents have been ordered to evacuate by the State Emergency Service as the town braces for major flooding.
Rising flood waters are threatening hundreds of homes in central NSW as the State Emergency Service responds to thousands of calls for assistance and road closures cripple the region.
Wagga's flood crisis is set to continue after the Bureau of Meteorology indicated more rain was headed for the city next week.
The powerful storm is the strongest in the world this year.
Canberra's disappearing lake has emerged again after one of the wettest winters on record.
Clocking wind speeds of 185 mph, super typhoon Meranti, now the Earth's strongest storm of the year, is forecast to graze Taiwan on Wednesday before barrelling into China.
Canberrans should keep raincoats handy for the rest of the week.
Stay inside tonight, or bring your gumboots if you are planning to venture outdoors - the rains are coming again.
Sydney's run of blissful early spring weather has a couple of days to run yet.
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There's everything to like about the weather in Sydney this week - except for one irritating aspect.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecast between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain from late Friday morning.
Spring is declared to be "well and truly here" for the Harbour City.
More than 100 flights were cancelled and evacuation warnings issued for thousands of people as a powerful typhoon approached Japan's northeast on Tuesday.
Emergency services have resumed searching for an elderly man feared drowned by flood waters as torrential downpours and strong winds battered the NSW coast, with Sydney soaked by more than half the month's average rainfall in less than 24 hours.
One man is missing as torrential rain and flash flooding hit the NSW coast on Wednesday night, when more than a month's worth of rain was expected to hit Sydney in 12 hours.
Sydney should lap up Tuesday's relatively sunny weather as a deepening low-pressure system brings the prospect of a wet end to the working week.
Rain and a cold front on the way.
After basking in the relative warmth of the past week, Canberrans were brought back to wintry reality as a cold front passed over on Friday and Saturday.
Sydney will continue to bask in unseasonably warm weather for a couple more days yet.
Technically speaking, it's still winter but it feels like spring across much of Australia.
Billions of litres of extra water will be pumped into the south of England as another spell of hot summer weather could see the mercury soar above 30 degrees this week.
At the risk of provoking the spite of weather gods, let's call it: the worst of winter is over.
Rain will be banished this week as a big high-pressure system sets in.
On current forecasts, maximum temperatures will struggle to rise above 17 degrees until Monday.
New South Wales has been reminded that winter is here to stay, with heavy snow and flooding hitting the state's west, closing roads and leaving several dozen people stranded.
Winter's not yet done with another storm brewing for coastal NSW.
WA's South West is preparing to be hit by damaging winds predicted to reach up to 125 km/h on Friday.
Vigorous winds will persist across southeastern NSW tonight after a severe weather warning was issued by the Bureau of Meteorology earlier today.
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