{"id":78208,"date":"2026-08-23T04:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/78208\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T04:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:13:18","slug":"rain-storms-and-flash-flooding-predicted-to-hit-large-parts-of-australia-in-coming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/78208\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, storms and flash flooding predicted to hit large parts of Australia in coming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Australia is set to cop wild, wet and stormy weather predicted to impact almost all states and territories in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/weather\/bom?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bureau of Meteorology<\/a> has warned of a stormy few days ahead for large swaths of the country as a large low pressure system builds over eastern Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Senior <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/weather\/bom?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">meteorologist<\/a> David Crock said the system is currently producing plenty of rain and storms through the deserts of eastern Western Australia and western South Australia, before it\u2019s forecast to impact parts of southern Northern Territory later on Sunday, including parts of Alice Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">As the system moves east it will impact multiple states over several days, causing downpours, storms and possible flash flooding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty big system which is drawing in moisture from the Indian Ocean,\u201d Crock said.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSo it\u2019s going to bring quite a bit of rain, basically to every state and territory over the next three days or so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Australia<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Crock said the focus on Monday is very much South Australia, with the low pressure system tracking along the coastline, bringing rain to most of the state as well as storms.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe centre of the low pressure system itself, potentially probably the highest impact for South Australia tomorrow, will be over the Eyre Peninsula and the Yorke Peninsula and then towards <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/adelaide?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adelaide<\/a> and the Hills late tomorrow,\u201d Crock said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Rain bands could produce between 30mm to 50mm across parts of South Australia through Monday and into early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/91663bc56aedcbe9a3c13a59d32ad210874e1e93.png\" alt=\"There are fears the rain could bring flash flooding to parts of South Australia.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>There are fears the rain could bring flash flooding to parts of South Australia. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThose areas are quite wet already. They\u2019ve had quite a bit of rain in recent weeks and months,\u201d he said.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSo impact from that could be some pretty quick flash flooding and quite a bit of rain lying around on the ground for a while there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VIC, NSW, QLD<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The system is then expected to move eastward towards <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/vic?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victoria<\/a>, New South Wales and southern Queensland late on Monday, with wild weather in the eastern states ramping up on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Crock said parts of VIC could see 40mm to 60mm of rain or more during Tuesday, with concerns on areas of Northern VIC from previous rain events, with more flood warnings likely. &#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/411c5fb9f8ea903f1867d53ec0951ebd5e70971d.jpg\" alt=\"The system will bring rain to most of Victoria on Tuesday.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>The system will bring rain to most of Victoria on Tuesday. Credit: MICHAEL CURRIE\/AAPIMAGE<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201c(The rain) will put plenty more water in those river systems that flow into the Murray,\u201d he said.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere\u2019s kind of rain across pretty much all of Victoria on Tuesday.\u201d&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The System will bring a risk of severe thunderstorms during Tuesday through northern VIC, much of western NSW and even up into southern Queensland.&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/519e86ac25c7f33d6d1d2ddc4bd3913cdd23190e.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderstorms could hit multiple states.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Thunderstorms could hit multiple states. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSevere thunderstorms which could bring particularly heavy rain, but then also damaging winds as you head through that north as well,\u201d Crock said.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">By Wednesday the low pressure system will move out into the Tasman Sea, but continue to bring plenty of rain and storms to parts of the eastern half of NSW and up into southern and south-east Queensland.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY WEATHER FORECASTSunday: Partly cloudy, Max 20 \u26c5\ufe0fMonday: Sunny, 12-22 \u2600\ufe0fTuesday: Showers increasing, 14-22 \u2614\ufe0fWednesday: Shower or two, 14-20 \u2614\ufe0fThursday: Partly cloudy, 12-19 \u26c5\ufe0fFriday: Partly cloudy, 10-20 \u26c5\ufe0fSaturday: Mostly sunny, 11-22 \u26c5\ufe0fMELBOURNE WEATHER FORECASTSunday: Partly cloudy, Max 17 \u26c5\ufe0fMonday: Shower or two, 10-18 \u2614\ufe0fTuesday: Showers easing, 12-15 \u2614\ufe0fWednesday: Partly cloudy, 9-15 \u26c5\ufe0fThursday: Partly cloudy, 8-16 \u26c5\ufe0fFriday: Shower or two, 10-16 \u2614\ufe0fSaturday: Partly cloudy, 10-17 \u26c5\ufe0fBRISBANE WEATHER FORECASTSunday: Possible shower, Max 24 \ud83c\udf27\ufe0fMonday: Shower or two, 14-23 \u2614\ufe0fTuesday: Shower or two, 14-25 \u2614\ufe0fWednesday: Showers easing, 16-27 \u2614\ufe0fThursday: Partly cloudy, 13-25 \u26c5\ufe0fFriday: Partly cloudy, 13-26 \u26c5\ufe0fSaturday: Partly cloudy, 12-24 \u26c5\ufe0fADELAIDE WEATHER FORECASTSunday: Mostly sunny, Max 19 \u26c5\ufe0fMonday: Rain, 12-16 \ud83c\udf27\ufe0fTuesday: Showers easing, 12-17 \u2614\ufe0fWednesday: Partly cloudy, 8-17 \u26c5\ufe0fThursday: Sunny, 9-18 \u2600\ufe0fFriday: Partly cloudy, 9-19 \u26c5\ufe0fSaturday: Mostly sunny, 8-19 \u26c5\ufe0fPERTH WEATHER FORECASTSunday: Shower or two, Max 20 \u2614\ufe0fMonday: Mostly sunny, 7-20 \u26c5\ufe0fTuesday: Partly cloudy, 8-21 \u26c5\ufe0fWednesday: Showers, 9-20 \u2614\ufe0fThursday: Shower or two, 9-19 \u2614\ufe0fFriday: Partly cloudy, 7-21 \u26c5\ufe0fSaturday: Mostly sunny, 7-23 \u26c5\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Forecast sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/travel\/uk\/seven-dead-in-uk-after-vehicle-travelling-wrong-way-hits-police-car-c-22764487\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Seven killed in horrific crash with police car in UK<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/carjacker-killed-when-thrown-from-car-in-wild-crash-in-richmond-melbourne-c-22764345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Carjacker killed in shocking Melbourne crash outside the MCG<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia is set to cop wild, wet and stormy weather predicted to impact almost all states and territories&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,1571,152,462,33711,229,1001,1845,464,338],"class_list":["post-78208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-bom","tag-news","tag-nsw-news","tag-nt-news","tag-queensland-news","tag-sa-news","tag-vic-news","tag-wa-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}