Supercell thunderstorms and heavy rain has wiped out power to hundreds of homes in Queensland and New South Wales.
More than 700 homes in Sydney’s north were without power on Monday morning.
Hundreds more in southeast Queensland were also left in the dark.
In New South Wales, heavy wind and strong rain caused chaos.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued severe weather warnings for parts of the Hunter Region with flash flooding expected.
Heavy rain, wild winds, and damaging hailstones have lashed Australia’s east coast overnight, with severe thunderstorms storms set to continue throughout the week.
Queensland, News South Wales and Victoria were all blasted with 70km/h gusts causing flash flooding, upturned trees, and leaving thousands of homes without power.
Meteorologists say the conditions are a result of La Nina climate cycle which will make the upcoming summer months hotter and wetter than usual.
‘There are two low pressure troughs at play. Sydney can expect to more rain through this morning until it starts to ease in the afternoon,’ Weatherzone forecaster Ben Domensino told Chanel Nine’s Today show.
‘The low pressure trough in south-east Queensland could cause severe storms today, and again tomorrow. There will be some easing in the middle of the week, but this weekend another trough moves in.’
‘This a fingerprint of La Nina – the big climate driver in the Pacific Ocean. As of the rain that fell in the last 24 hours, Sydney has now reached I think annual average for the year. With two months left to go. And they join Melbourne and Canberra which have already reached their annual averages as well.’
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