Severe storms forecast for parts of NSW as Victoria and Queensland face wet weather

Severe storms with the potential for destructive winds and large hail are expected to move across New South Wales on Saturday.

Storms were also expected in parts of Queensland and Victoria.

Thunderstorms were a risk across much of the NSW’s east coast, including the chance of wind gusts above 125km/h, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned Read more

“Those are destructive winds, very dangerous thunderstorms,” the BoM meteorologist Christie Johnson said.

Severe thunderstorms were most likely across the Hunter, mid-north coast and northern tablelands, and could also bring the risk of gusty winds, large hail of more than 2cm and localised heavy rain with the potential for flash fl