Severe weather is predicted to batter parts of Australia today, as regions in New South Wales and Queensland prepare for heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and violent winds.
A severe warning has been issued across a vast section of New South Wales and Queensland's south-west.
Wind gusts of over 90 kilometres an hour pose the biggest threat to some areas within Queensland's Maranoa and Warrego region.
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https://twitter.com/BOM_Qld/status/1483592797814939654The BoM warned there could be severe thunderstorms impacting the area and to follow the advice of emergency services, including seeking shelter from the storm and avoiding potential flood waters.
"Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours," the BoM warning read.
In New South Wales, damaging winds of up to 90 kilometres per hour are expected to sweep across the Central Tablelands and Mid North Coast, affecting all areas from Tamworth down to Tumbarumba, at the western edge of the Snowy Mountains.
A hazardous surf warning has also been issued as well as a number of flood warnings, with heavy rainfall forecast to fall across the state.
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"A high pressure system south of the Great Australian Bight will strengthen and move east," the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said.
"This high will combine with a slow-moving inland trough to produce strong easterly winds over eastern parts of the state on Wednesday.
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"Strong winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with damaging wind gusts of around 90 kilometres an hour are possible over elevated terrain over parts of the Southwest Slopes, Central Tablelands, Central West Slopes, Upper Hunter."
The BoM has advised that the main regions set to be affected by the winds include cone, Orange, Mudgee, Bathurst, Yass, Coonabarabran, Wellington, Young, Tumbarumba, Cootamundra, Gundagai, Cabramurra and Tumut.
Residents in those areas should move parked cars from under trees, secure loose items and avoid fallen powerlines.
Elsewhere across the country, damaging wind gusts around central, western, and southern Victorian ranges have also been forecast today.
However, unlike NSW, Victoria will see sunny skies and warm temperatures throughout the day.
In Queensland it'll be hot, with conditions set to exceed 31C in Brisbane, but there will be showers throughout the day.
Adelaide will see tops of tops of 29C today with clear skies, while in the ACT, it'll be 22C and cloudy.
