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Monday 1oth of February 9.44a.m. Heavy grey cloud all around. Currawongs singing. 22.2 / 25.2kph SW, Hg 58%, 21.8C / 71.2F headed for 24C / 75F. Rain. Possible storm. Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Heavy falls possible. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning southeasterly in the middle of the day.
Moon is 95%
The Bureau of Meterology said there was a trough extending from the Northern Territory to Townsville.
"We're still expecting a fair bit of rain and it's probably covering a broader area than it has been doing throughout [last] week," forecaster Rickus Lombard said.
He said "a fair amount of rain" was expected to come and that some areas around Townsville received 20-30 millimetres in three hours overnight.
Rollingstone received 143mm of rain since 9am Sunday and about 80mm was recorded at Bluewater.
In the Gulf Country, Kowanyama recorded 119mm since 9am Sunday.
"That trough is forecast to slowly move south again, probably more towards the Whitsundays … but we're still expecting rainfalls to be around higher mark for the next couple days," Mr Lombard said.
He said the region could expect six-hourly totals between 120-180mm.
"With your 24-hour totals getting up to 220mm, you might even see it getting up to 250mm the further west you are — so probably through the northern Goldfields, Upper Flinders and up towards the gulf," Mr Lombard said.
The bureau is expecting the trough to move east by the middle of the week.
"Things are not quite clearing up, but there is some good news — getting to Wednesday we definitely see a clearing trend," Mr Lombard said.
"We'll see a decrease in rainfall from Wednesday and towards the end of the week."
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A woman has died and another remains in a serious condition after a lightning strike hit a tree south of Sydney on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a home on Old Razorback Road in Cawdor following reports two people were hit by fragments of a tree.
Rosanna Hashem was treated at the scene, however she could not be revived.
A second woman, also aged in her 40s, was treated by paramedics and taken to Liverpool Hospital, where she remains in a serious but stable condition.
Moon is 95%
More rain forecast, weather warnings in place for flood-ravaged Queensland
3 hours ago
By Jasmine Hines, Grace Whiteside and staff
More rain is expected to fall in parts of North Queensland already impacted by flooding, but conditions are forecast to ease by the middle of the week.The Bureau of Meterology said there was a trough extending from the Northern Territory to Townsville.
"We're still expecting a fair bit of rain and it's probably covering a broader area than it has been doing throughout [last] week," forecaster Rickus Lombard said.
He said "a fair amount of rain" was expected to come and that some areas around Townsville received 20-30 millimetres in three hours overnight.
Rollingstone received 143mm of rain since 9am Sunday and about 80mm was recorded at Bluewater.
In the Gulf Country, Kowanyama recorded 119mm since 9am Sunday.
"That trough is forecast to slowly move south again, probably more towards the Whitsundays … but we're still expecting rainfalls to be around higher mark for the next couple days," Mr Lombard said.
He said the region could expect six-hourly totals between 120-180mm.
"With your 24-hour totals getting up to 220mm, you might even see it getting up to 250mm the further west you are — so probably through the northern Goldfields, Upper Flinders and up towards the gulf," Mr Lombard said.
The bureau is expecting the trough to move east by the middle of the week.
"Things are not quite clearing up, but there is some good news — getting to Wednesday we definitely see a clearing trend," Mr Lombard said.
"We'll see a decrease in rainfall from Wednesday and towards the end of the week."
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A woman has died and another remains in a serious condition after a lightning strike hit a tree south of Sydney on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a home on Old Razorback Road in Cawdor following reports two people were hit by fragments of a tree.
Rosanna Hashem was treated at the scene, however she could not be revived.
A second woman, also aged in her 40s, was treated by paramedics and taken to Liverpool Hospital, where she remains in a serious but stable condition.
