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Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching

The Guardian World Thursday 28 May 2026, 03:03 UTC By Donna Lu 1 min read
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Severe weather warnings have been issued for New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania due to expected flooding rains. A broad low-pressure trough has drawn in significant tropical moisture, leading to the risk of flash flooding across the three states.

Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash flooding

Multiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather warnings issued in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.

Ilana Cherny, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the wet weather battering eastern Australia was being driven by a broad low-pressure trough that had drawn in “a lot of tropical moisture across the region”.

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