Severe weather warning for millions of Australians: ‘Flooding is possible’

The wild weather is expected to continue for millions of east coast residents as heavy downpours show no signs of slowing.

Sydney is expected to receive up to 60mm of rain on Sunday afternoon and evening as heavy rain, which has hit eastern states this week, continues.

Overnight, around 130-150mm fell in the Jarvis Bay area, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting that rainfall began to move northwards.

The wet weather is expected to continue until Monday, easing midweek, before returning next weekend – with up to 150mm possible over the next seven days.

Over the past seven days, eastern New South Wales and coastal Queensland have been completely drenched, with up to 100mm of rain recorded across a large swath of land.

Wild weather is expected to continue for millions of east coast residents, as heavy downpours show no signs of slowing.

Sydney is expected to receive up to 60mm of rain on Sunday afternoon and evening as heavy rain, which has hit eastern states this week, continues.

Aside from showers in southwest WA and southern Queensland, much of the rest of the country is expected to remain nice and dry on Sunday.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said areas south of Sydney had suffered the heaviest falls so far, but the system had started to move north.

“That heavy rain in the Illawarra is going to start moving north today, so we’re going to start seeing those heavy showers around Sydney this morning,” he told Nine’s the Today show. .

“We are expecting a fairly wet late morning and especially into the afternoon and evening with rainfall of 30 to 50mm likely.”

There have been significant rainfall totals across eastern New South Wales and coastal Queensland over the past few even days.

Severe weather warnings have been issued for possible flash flooding in parts of the Illawarra district and thunderstorms north of Wollongong and east of Dubbo on Sunday evening.

“Flash flooding is possible in parts of the Illawarra district from early Sunday morning until late Sunday evening,” the Bureau said.

“Six-hour rainfall totals of between 100 and 140mm, with isolated falls exceeding 150mm, are possible.”

To the north, Brisbane is expected to be cloudy with a slight chance of showers on Sunday and Monday.

In Melbourne, not a drop of rain was forecast for next week, with the Windy City expected to reach a high of just 20C.

Adelaide also had a dry and sunny weekend with a Sunday high of 23C, while Canberra’s light rainfall became less likely in the evening.

Dry but cloudy weather was forecast in other capital cities, including Darwin, Hobart and Perth, which were hit by rain during the week.