More Severe Thunderstorms Forecast Across New Year’s Eve Weekend

Eastern Australia should expect a wet new year.

People climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge (background R) as tourists hold umbrellas and take photographs of the Sydney Opera House on a rainy day in Australia on Dec. 21, 2023. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

New Year’s Eve could be a wet one for parts of eastern Australia, with more severe weather forecast for the weekend.

The Bureau of Meteorology says widespread showers and possibly thunderstorms are set to return to New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland from Friday.