You are midway through planning your weekend and subsequent rides, and you read this...
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MELBOURNE is forecast to be soaked in a month's worth of rain this weekend as Gippsland braces itself for possibly devastating floods.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a flood warning and flood watches for East, West and South Gippsland catchments as a low pressure system developed in eastern Bass Strait.Senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said the “East Coast Low” was looking very similar to the systems that developed for the June and November floods last year.
“Falls of more than 100mm are expected with gusty, squally wind,” he told the Weekly Times.
The floods in June killed about 600 livestock, destroyed thousands of kilometres of fencing and ruined roads, sheds, tanks and farm equipment.
Mr Carlyon said the slow moving system would bring rain from Saturday afternoon, through Sunday and clearing on Monday.
The State Emergency Service will meet today to prepare for possible widespread flooding.
Meanwhile, Melbourne is expected to receive close to its average rainfall for November in one weekend.
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2 comments:
Normal boys I would be celebrating a weather system like this but that is in winter (oh how I miss the snow)...... seems like my plans are out.... anyone for UNO or monopoly!
carn,
get out there!!
At least we'll have an amusing story, and hypothermia for my wedding...
Both Jase and myself will be hacking and sneezing, people will start to talk...
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