The Aporia · ‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east

A large-scale storm system is affecting eastern Australia, bringing severe thunderstorms and potential flooding to areas including southern Queensland and parts of New South Wales on Sunday and Monday. Wind gusts up to 100 km/h were recorded in western NSW, with hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and power outages expected. Eight flood warnings are currently active across southern Queensland due to previous days of heavy rainfall. Bureau meteorologist David Crock attributes the severe weather to a persistent high-pressure system over the Tasman Sea that has been disrupted by a strong weather front moving in from the west.

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Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon, with more potential storms and flood risks forecast for Monday. The Bureau of Meteorology reported that an unusually large multi-state storm system was causing severe weather across southern Queensland, western New South Wales, the ACT, and eastern Victoria. Already, eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland due to days of torrential rain, with some areas around the Sunshine Coast recording between 200mm and 400mm in just a week. Bureau meteorologist David Crock noted that an area of high pressure over the Tasman Sea had been blocking weather fronts for ten days, leading to storms and heavy rains in southern Queensland. Wind gusts up to 100km/h were recorded in central west NSW, with further thunderstorm warnings expected Sunday evening.

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📰 Large Multi State Storm Hits Australia

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🔮 Severe thunderstorms that could bring hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages were likely over a huge area on Sunday afternoon, the bureau said, including across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria.

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After a very dry September, southern parts of the state had seen October rainfall “multiple times their average” for the month, Crock said, with areas around the Sunshine Coast seeing between 200mm and 400mm of rain in the past week.

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2026-10-25 · The Guardian

‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east – with more on the way · assertive framing

Large parts of eastern Australia were put on alert for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon with more potential storms and flood risk in store for Monday. asserted

parts → put → Monday

The Bureau of Meteorology said a broad line of storms had already swept through western New South Wales, while eight flood warnings were in place across southern Queensland after days of torrential rain. asserted

warnings → say → rain

Severe thunderstorms that could bring hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and power outages were likely over a huge area on Sunday afternoon, the bureau said, including across southern Queensland, western NSW, the ACT and eastern Victoria. uncertain

bureau → bring → Queensland

Wind gusts of up to 100km/h were recorded in the central west of NSW around midday on Sunday with the bureau warning residents of further likely thunderstorm warnings to come on Sunday evening. asserted

bureau → record → evening

“This is a multi-state system of storms and it’s unusually large,” said bureau meteorologist David Crock. asserted

Crock → ’ → storms

Crock said an area of high pressure had been sitting over the Tasman Sea for the past 10 days that had been blocking weather fronts and bringing storms and rains to southern Queensland. asserted

that → say → Queensland

“Eventually you get a strong enough system that pushes that blocking pattern away and that typically brings severe weather with it,” he said. asserted

he → get → it

A front of cooler air was moving from the west on Sunday afternoon, dragging in tropical moisture from the north and bringing storm conditions to central parts of NSW and to Canberra on Sunday afternoon. asserted

front → move → afternoon

“We have a big line of storms that’s extending all the way from the Snowy mountains to the Queensland border. asserted

that → have → border

Behind that we are watching to see if there’s going to another band developing behind it. asserted

we → watch → it

Storm activity was likely to continue through Sunday evening and into Monday in northern NSW and southern Queensland as the cold front continued to push. asserted

front → continue → NSW

“[Monday] is the last big bang of this system and that’s going to be a great relief for those people in south-east Queensland,” he said. asserted

he → go → Queensland

Southern parts of Queensland had been through a weather “whiplash” in the past week, Crock said. asserted

Crock → say → week

The Mary River downstream of Gympie was forecast to reach major flood levels in Tiaro on Sunday evening and into Monday. asserted

River → forecast → Monday

areas → see → week

The bureau’s current long-range forecast for November to January suggests rainfall is likely to be above average over most of the country except the far north and much of Tasmania. uncertain

rainfall → suggest → Tasmania

November is likely to be warmer than usual for the southern half of the continent, with night-time temperatures in particular forecast to be likely well above average over most of the country. asserted

temperatures → forecast → country

Global heating has seen Australia warm by about 1.5C since 1910, the bureau’s long-term climate data shows. asserted

data → see → 1910

‘Unusually large’ multi-state storm causing severe weather for Australia’s east – with more on the way

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