Tropical storm prompts life-threatening flash flooding warning in Australia
SYNDEY: A severe weather warning for dangerous flash flooding has been issued in Australia's Queensland as a tropical low storm system approaches the state's northeast coast.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said in the warning that the tropical low was expected to bring intense rainfall to a 350-km stretch of coast in Queensland's tropical far north from Friday morning.
"Locally intense rainfall, which may lead to dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding, is possible this morning," it said.
The warning area includes the northeast coastal cities of Cairns, Port Douglas, and Cooktown, which have a combined population of around 255,000 people.
The BoM said that forecasts predicted six-hourly rainfall totals of up to 240 millimetres (mm) in the region and 24-hourly falls of up to 300 mm.
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