{"id":807739,"date":"2026-07-18T07:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807739\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:06:12","slug":"australia-weather-heavy-rain-dangerous-surf-and-flooding-threat-for-three-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807739\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia weather: Heavy rain, dangerous surf and flooding threat for three states"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy rain, gale-force winds and dangerous surf are set to lash several parts of the nation this weekend, with severe weather forecast for Western Australia, south-east Queensland<\/a> and north-east NSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While parts of WA have already recorded their heaviest rain in years, a developing low-pressure system off Queensland\u2019s coast is expected to bring of heavy rain, wind and waves to that area.<\/p>\n

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Heavy rain is set to continue across Western Australia as a separate weather system brings gale-force winds, dangerous surf and flooding concerns to southeast Queensland and northeast NSW.\u00a0Weatherzone<\/p>\n

Gales, heavy rain and dangerous surf for east coast<\/p>\n

Downpours, gale-force winds, and hazardous surf is heading to south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.<\/p>\n

Strong high pressure inland is forecast to strengthen southerly to southeasterly winds along parts of the coast and offshore.<\/p>\n

Weatherzone says the system could bring another 30mm to 50mm of rain in 24 between North Stradbroke Island and Coffs Harbour.<\/p>\n

Some spots have already recorded more than a month\u2019s worth of July rain, including Lismore Airport, which was smashed by 53mm in three days.<\/p>\n

Winds are forecast to reach gale force across the K\u2019gari, Byron, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast waters through to tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n

Winds are also tipped to generate waves of four to five metres along the Gold Coast, Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island, with rough conditions into Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n

WA records biggest drenching in years<\/p>\n

Parts of Western Australia<\/a> have copped their heaviest drenching<\/a> in years over this week, with some heavy deluges set to last over the weekend.<\/p>\n

A wall of rain, bringing a cold front and a low-pressure trough, hit the state\u2019s south-west with more than 50mm of downpour from Thursday until Friday morning.<\/p>\n

A rain gauge in Bunbury, a coastal city in the state\u2019s south-west, recorded 65mm of rain, while a 53mm drenching hit the nearby Ferguson Valley, bringing its heaviest rainfall in two years.<\/p>\n

Badgingarra, a small town north of the state\u2019s capital, copped 39 mm of rain, its most since August 2022.<\/p>\n

The trough that brought the record-breaking weather continued to trigger moderate to heavy rain over the state\u2019s Central West, Lower West and Central Wheat Belt districts on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Parts of Western Australia have copped their wettest days in years.\u00a0Weatherzone<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology<\/a> has warned that the ongoing deluge could bring flooding and late inundation, particularly within the Moore and Hill catchments, including Moora.<\/p>\n

BOM has warned that the flooding<\/a> may isolate some communities and homesteads within the region.<\/p>\n

The wet weather is expected to last all weekend, moving further inland across the lower Gascoyne and Goldfields districts while showers linger in the state\u2019s south-west.<\/p>\n

Although scattered showers may persist into Monday and Tuesday, a high-pressure system should bring calmer conditions by Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain, gale-force winds and dangerous surf are set to lash several parts of the nation this weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-807739","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\/807739","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=807739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}