BOM Severe Weather Update for North Tropical Queensland | January 29, 2025 | Farmonline - video Dailymotion

A tropical low and heavy rainfall is impacting the North Tropical Queensland Coast.

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00:00Hello, Sarah from the Bureau with an update on the tropical low and heavy rainfall that's been

00:04impacting the North Tropical Queensland coast. So we're taking a look at the radar here,

00:10there have been widespread showers and areas of rain that have been continuously pushing on to

00:16that east coast of Queensland and in the 24-hour rainfall totals until 9am were as high as 300

00:22millimetres near the Innisfail area, with widespread totals of 150 to 200 millimetres

00:29elsewhere around the region. Now we do have a severe weather warning in place for that

00:35heavy rainfall with six hourly rainfall totals between 120 to 180 millimetres,

00:41extending from Cairns down towards Mission Beach. But we are expecting the rainfall to

00:47ease later this afternoon and this warning is likely to be cancelled. However, there are

00:54possible severe thunderstorms for the remainder of today and into this evening, extending all

00:59the way from Cookdown down to Mackay and inland towards Atherton. And these thunderstorms may

01:06bring heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding as well. So with all this wet weather, there are

01:11a number of flood watches that have been issued across the region and later this afternoon the

01:16flood watches may be extended down towards the Townsville area. More specifically, flood warning

01:22is current for the Mulgrave and the Tully rivers with minor to moderate flooding. So with all this

01:30heavy rainfall, community impacts could include hazardous driving conditions due to flooded roads,

01:36water over roads and detours, stress on powers and infrastructure and also damage to crops,

01:44garden and property. So let's just take a look at how this is playing out. So here's that low

01:50pressure system and just noticing that it's slowly moving away from the mainland and that's why we're

01:56expecting the rainfall to ease from this afternoon. However, if we start moving towards the weekend,

02:03it suddenly starts changing direction and moving back towards the coast with the potential for

02:09heavy rainfall to redevelop all the way from Cairns down towards Mackay and during Sunday

02:16there's even the chance for locally intense rainfall that may lead to life-threatening flash flooding.

02:23Now, the low pressure system both in the Gulf of Carpentaria and in the Coral Sea off the

02:28Queensland coast have the potential to develop into a tropical cyclone with a moderate chance

02:34from Sunday. But regardless of whether or not these systems do develop into tropical cyclones,

02:40this low pressure system here has the potential to dump an enormous amount of rainfall.

02:46So now is the time for communities to prepare and you can stay up to date with the latest warnings

02:53via the Bureau website, the app and social media and as always listen to the advice

02:58from your local emergency services. Bye for now.