{"id":543930,"date":"2026-03-16T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543930\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:21:13","slug":"uluru-sees-heaviest-rainfall-in-a-decade-all-states-set-to-be-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/543930\/","title":{"rendered":"Uluru sees heaviest rainfall in a decade, all states set to be hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yulara Airport, near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/uluru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Uluru\">Uluru<\/a>, saw 76.4 millimetres of rain in the 24 hours to 9am today, according to Weatherzone, with another 34.4 millimetres falling in just three hours today.<\/p>\n<p>The rain over the last two days is three times more than Uluru&#8217;s monthly average at this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cf246d12-6cbb-48ea-8efb-8b735961bb07.jpeg\"   alt=\"Uluru, Australia\"\/>A low-pressure trough is seeing Uluru have its heaviest rain in a decade. (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>It has caused some roads near the landmark to be closed, but all walking tracks remain open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ask visitors to exercise caution, remain on marked tracks and paths at all times and take care on potentially slippery surfaces,&#8221; Uluru National Park said in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ac095238-a16d-403e-9e99-57e0cdfaa94e.png\"   alt=\"Some roads near Uluru remain closed due to being waterlogged.\"\/>Some roads near Uluru remain closed due to being waterlogged. (Instagram\/@seeuluru)<\/p>\n<p>The wet weather is being caused by a low-pressure trough, which is bringing moisture across the centre of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The slow-moving nature of this trough, combined with copious atmospheric moisture, is resulting in substantial rainfall in some areas,&#8221; Weatherzone&#8217;s Ben Domensino said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/69676541-7986-4ca9-bdff-32cf1164ad6f.png\"   alt=\"Every state will receive heavy rainfall this week.\"\/>Every state will receive heavy rainfall this week. (Weatherzone)<\/p>\n<p>He said the wet weather will spread to other states across the week.<\/p>\n<p>Mapping shows parts of every state will see at least 30 millimetres of rain.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/bureau-of-meteorology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Bureau of Meteorology&#039;s\">Bureau of Meteorology&#8217;s<\/a> warning said falls of up to 160 millimetres in just one day were possible, leading to the risk of flash flooding.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4eacb6bc-a326-4214-a6aa-252d753d9bf0.jpeg\"   alt=\"Large storm clouds loom over much of Australia.\"\/>Large storm clouds loom over much of Australia. (Weatherzone)Towns such as Coober Pedy could be affected, but major centres such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/adelaide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Adelaide\">Adelaide<\/a> will miss the worst of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yulara Airport, near Uluru, saw 76.4 millimetres of rain in the 24 hours to 9am today, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-543930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}