Overview

• Satellite data show the band spans from Western Australia’s Kimberley region to the Queensland–New South Wales border
• Parts of Western Australia and the Northern Territory set May rainfall records, including Broome’s 100.6 mm in 24 hours, the heaviest May daily total in 20 years
• The Bureau of Meteorology has issued flood watches for large areas of Central Australia as flash flooding cuts off numerous rural Northern Territory communities
• Meteorologists warn the system’s tropical moisture could deliver heavy downpours between Bundaberg and Townsville, with moderate falls possible near Mackay and Rockhampton
• New South Wales communities remain in recovery after earlier floods that killed five people and damaged thousands of properties