Meteorology News

DOHA: Temperature is expected to dip by two to three degrees Celsius today thanks to the strong northwesterly winds lashing the county since yesterday, according to the Meteorology Department.

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A SEVERE storm warning has been issued for parts of southeast Queensland, including Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, Toowoomba and Dalby local authority areas.

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Light to moderate fog may occur over the river basins of the country during midnight till morning, the Meteorology Office forecasted on Friday.

Trees brought down powerlines, houses were inundated and a family had to be evacuated as the storms moved across the Blue Mountains and western Sydney before travelling up to the mid-north coast and beyond.

Severe thunderstorms are sweeping across Sydney from the northwest, with flash flooding and hail large enough to "cut and bruise". The NSW State Emergency Service was bombarded with calls for assistance between 1.30pm and 2pm on Saturday as torrential rain lashed a wide area.

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The weather bureau has warned of severe thunderstorms with very heavy rain and possible flash flooding accompanied by damaging winds on Saturday in NSW covering an area stretching from Port Macquarie and Tamworth over Newcastle and Sydney as far south as Nowra in the south and Orange in the west.

Further heavy rain is expected today and the State Emergency Service has advised residents to prepare for potential flash flooding further south on the coast.

Seventeen Bulgarian regions remain under code orange over extremely low temperatures, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has announced.

THOUSDANDS of St George residents evacuated from the flood-stricken town have been given the all-clear to return home.

Some 7000 people are isolated by floodwaters in northern NSW, but the figure is expected to surpass 10,000 with a massive body of water heading south.

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Cool weather is expected to hang around Melbourne until at least the middle of next week, with temperatures reaching a weekend high of just 24 degrees on Sunday.

Queanbeyan is bracing for possible floods, as heavy rains and storms threaten to swell the Queanbeyan River over the next few days.

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The southern Bulgarian regions of Haskovo, Harmanli, Galabovo, Svilengrad and Kardzhali are under threat of floods resulting from the melting of snow in end-Februay and the beginning of March.

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