An Arctic storm swept through southeastern Australia, hitting coastal areas and pouring Rain Water in Hobart for months.
On Thursday, cars were swept away as surging torrents raged through the streets of the state capital of Tazhou.
Police said the city was badly hit, forcing many roads to close on Friday, with more heavy rain expected on Friday and motorists being forced to leave the city roads.
The streets turned into fast rivers and floods flooded houses and shops.
"when we got here, I couldn`t even see my car. I thought someone had stolen it." A lady told Seven Network.
Emergency workers have received hundreds of calls for help, including roofs, shacks and trees damaged by the wind.
About 13000 families ran out of electricity on Thursday night and evacuation centres were set up throughout the city.
Hobart will continue to experience wild weather from the intense low-pressure system on Friday morning.
Tabor (Debbie Tabor), a forecaster at the Meteorological Service, said Hobart had dropped the 128mm Rain Water since 9 a.m. on Thursday, a level not seen in nearly 60 years.
"I think Hobart`s last time this happened was 132 millimeters on April 23, 1960, so we`re only 4 millimetres short of this record." Tabor told The Mercury..
The coldest and wettest weather has reached southern Victoria and New York, with the coldest air passing through the Australian Capital Territory on Friday morning.
Temperatures in Canberra on Friday are expected to be just 9 degrees Celsius, the coldest day in the first half of May in 48 years.
Sydney also tasted the cold winter for the first time on Thursday night, when people woke up at 8 degrees Celsius. The temperature is expected to rise to 17 ℃ on Friday, compared with a night low of 12 ℃. But Sydney`s rains are likely to increase between Saturday and Sunday.
Melbourne will have its wettest May day in six years, with temperatures of just 14 degrees Celsius on Friday, accompanied by heavy rain and gale winds of 30 millimetres.
The Gippsland area in eastern Victoria could have rainfall of up to 150mm.
McGibene (Steven McGibbony), the weather bureau`s bad weather manager, said on Thursday that there was a potential flash flood and warned the Gippsland and Yarra river basins.
"We can see that depending on the amount of rainfall, some small rivers may flood." "with rain and strong winds, people will feel very cold," he said.
Wei Bush, director of the state emergency service, warned the state to prepare for torrential rain.
Temperatures in Brisbane will drop to around 7 ℃ this weekend, as the cold front that affects the southern states stretches northward. The city`s lowest temperatures since 2015 were 9 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday, compared with around 15 degrees Celsius earlier this week, compared with a forecast of 29 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
But warm weather will soon return, with temperatures expected to be 24 degrees Celsius on Monday. From Monday onwards, temperatures will climb above average at this time of year, he said.
