Hail, Thunderstorms Forecast for New Year’s Eve in NSW and Queensland

‘We’re not expecting widespread flooding but areas of heavy rain with thunderstorms could produce flash flooding as well as rapid rises in creeks.’

Two days of storms delivered a month worth of rain and flash flooding to some parts of Queensland. Suburb of Rosslea in Townsville, Australia on Feb. 5, 2019. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and large hail forecast for northern New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland have emergency crews on stand-by on New Year’s Eve.

A wild weather system is forecast to stretch more than 1000km from Port Macquarie to Rockhampton.