Heavy rain hits Melbourne with Sydney and Canberra to face wet weather and storms, the BoM forecasts
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Wet weather is set to continue across northern and eastern parts of Australia on Wednesday, with thunderstorms forecast for nearly all capital cities.
It comes as the Bureau of Meteorology warns there of a 55% chance a low sitting off the Queensland coast could intensify to become a tropical cyclone by Sunday. The bureau said that although it was not certain, there was a significant risk the system would impact the Queensland coast during next week, and that a “severe impact is possible”.
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