Weekend deluge on east coast likely to be fiercer than predicted

Freddy Pawle - DailyMail - 29/04
The nation's east coast is expected to be smashed with rain over the weekend with NSW and the ACT facing the brunt of the wet weather and some areas south of Sydney potentially receiving 200mm.

Millions of Australians have been warned to batten down the hatches with a predicted rain bomb becoming more intense than previously expected.

The nation's east coast is expected to be smashed with rain over the weekend with NSW and the ACT facing the brunt of the wet weather and some areas south of Sydney potentially receiving 200mm of rain.

The Bureau of Meteorology say the deluge of rain is being caused by a low pressure system developing off the coast of NSW.

The rain is expected to sweep across the nation's south-east through Melbourne and Hobart before crossing over Canberra and Syd...
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