#Australia #Flood #AUwx #Tasmania #Flashflood #Rain #Climate #Weather #Viral 🇦🇺 Category Four Cyclone: Record-Breaking Impact on Tasmania

💦 A series of powerful cold fronts hit Tasmania over the weekend, bringing destructive winds, torrential rains, record-breaking floods, and heavy snowfalls. These severe weather conditions led to widespread power outages across the state. As of Monday, September 2, 2024, thousands of homes and businesses remain without electricity, and the timeline for restoration is still unknown.

🆘 On Maatsuyker Island, an average wind speed of 163 km/h was recorded, with gusts reaching 187 km/h on Saturday afternoon. This wind speed is equivalent to a Category Four tropical cyclone. Several wind speed records were broken on Sunday evening, including a gust of 130 km/h in Launceston and 157 km/h on King Island.

📈 Here are some other observations of the destructive winds over the weekend and Monday morning:

In Kunanyi (Mount Wellington) on Saturday evening, an average wind speed of 137 km/h and gusts up to 172 km/h were recorded.
At Low Rocky Point, an average wind speed of 128 km/h was recorded, with gusts reaching 165 km/h on Saturday evening.
On Hartz Mountain on Saturday evening, an average wind speed of 106 km/h and gusts up to 163 km/h were observed.
On Sunday evening, a wind gust of 141 km/h was recorded on Mount Read.
In Swan Hill, a wind gust of 124 km/h was recorded at 1:26 AM, followed by another at 8:26 AM on Monday.
The immediate threat of destructive winds has passed for all areas except the highlands of Tasmania. However, as of this morning, Tuesday, another round of strong winds is expected over the elevated parts of the Central Plateau, the northwest coast, central north, and Midlands areas.

⚠️ Although the wind threat has temporarily eased, several warnings have been issued for major floods in some of the state's catchments and rivers. In western Tasmania, 200 to 300 mm of rain has fallen over the past week, significantly increasing the risk of flooding in the region.

Source: Weatherzone

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