New South Wales (NSW) is in for a soggy weekend as a large cloud band dumps more rain across the state, with more than a dozen rivers set to flood after days of heavy downpours and storms.
A trough and cold front will move across the state on Friday, bringing further widespread rain.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned communities in the Riverina, including Hay and Griffith, that severe thunderstorms were likely to produce heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding on Friday morning after more than 23mm fell in 30 minutes at Hay Airport.
The system will also bring widespread heavy rain to the eastern half of NSW, including the western slopes and ranges, central NSW and the south coast….