Melbourne floods: More rain in 2 hours than September and October combined, Australia
Image credit: BOM Victoria
A slow-moving storm system dumped heavy rain over parts of southeastern Australia on November 6, 2018, causing power outages and traffic chaos. The city's northwestern suburbs suffered worst of the storm.
Thousands of homes and businesses were left without power in the city of Melbourne today, after 'very slow-moving' storm dumped half of the city's November rainfall in just three hours.
In fact, in just 2 hours to 11:00 local time today, the storm dumped 35 mm (1.4 inches) of rain. This is more the city has seen in September and November combined.
Victoria SES received 400 calls for assistance, mostly due to flood-related incidents. The service said it rescued 14 people trapped in floodwaters.
Flooding has caused chaos along the Kingsway, at the tunnel entrance onto the CityLink, as well as in parts of Southbank, Rowville, Balwyn North, Windsor, Hawthorn, Ashburton and Narre Warren.
The Sandringham and Alamein train lines were temporarily closed.
Several flights were diverted from Melbourne Airport due to unsafe landing conditions
We’ve already recorded two thirds of our monthly rainfall. 7 News meteorologist @JaneBunn explains. #7News pic.twitter.com/BGyPJiQOna
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) November 6, 2018
The SES was flooded with more than 400 calls as heavy rains swamped parts of Melbourne. @msanto92 #9News pic.twitter.com/pkx6ful1Xa
— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) November 6, 2018
Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
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