{"id":795446,"date":"2026-07-12T12:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795446\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:09:21","slug":"higher-than-usual-tides-expected-along-tasmanias-southern-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795446\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher than usual tides expected along Tasmania\u2019s southern coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

The State Emergency Service (SES) has warned that abnormally high tides could flood low-lying parts of southern Tasmania over the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n

The advice covers Hobart, Huonville, Geeveston, Dover, Dodges Ferry, Lauderdale and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a coastal hazard warning for the south east forecast districts, with tides expected to rise well above the normal high tide mark during Sunday evening\u2019s high tide.<\/p>\n

The SES said sea and river water could rise above normal levels, leaving some coastal roads impassable and cutting off communities.<\/p>\n

It warned of dangerous driving conditions and said flood waters were a risk to safety.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a coastal hazard warning for the south-east. Image \/ BOM<\/p>\n

\u201cNever walk, play, ride or drive through flood waters,\u201d the SES said.<\/p>\n

The SES advised residents to prepare for possible temporary isolation by making sure they have essential supplies.<\/p>\n

It said anyone whose conditions worsened should consider relocating to family or friends in a safer area, if it was safe to travel.<\/p>\n

The warning comes as a series of cold fronts crosses Tasmania, with Hobart facing a cold, wet and windy few days.<\/p>\n

Showers are expected to increase across the city on Sunday, with a high chance of rain and northerly winds turning northwesterly and gusty.<\/p>\n

Conditions are forecast to worsen on Monday, with a very high chance of showers, winds of 25 to 35km\/h and overnight temperatures dropping to around six degrees.<\/p>\n

Snow is forecast to fall to around 600 metres across the state on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Emergency Service (SES) has warned that abnormally high tides could flood low-lying parts of southern Tasmania…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,128],"class_list":["post-795446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795446","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=795446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}