Millions in the Path of a ‘Bomb Cyclone’ as Rain Hits

Millions in the Path of a ‘Bomb Cyclone’ as Rain Hits
SES members take a jet ski out to assess a job in the floodwaters in Forbes, Australia, on Nov. 6, 2022. AAP Image/Lucy Cambourn
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A “bomb cyclone” is set to dump more than 100mm of rain in the space of hours on Australia’s east coast, along with damaging winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour.

Millions of residents from Coffs Harbour south to Bega are in the path of a fast-moving, severe low pressure system intensifying off the NSW north coast.