Wild Weather Unleashes on Australia’s Sodden Southeast

Queensland Premier Steven Miles said the state was only just recovering from floods so the latest onslaught of rain heightened the possibility of more damaging

Sugar cane fields are submerged near Bundaberg in Queensland on December 30, 2010. Sugar prices are expected to rise after cyclone Yasi hit, which has caused an estimate of $505 million total in loss to the sugarcane fields in Australia. Torsten Blackwood/Getty Images

Flood-weary parts of eastern Australia are bracing for more rain-heavy storms and emergency services are pleading with people to heed warnings as wild weather extends to more states.

Days of heavy rain have polluted dozens of beaches around Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay and rainfall totals of more than 200mm are forecast for eastern NSW and southeast Queensland from April 4 to April 6.