Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen in the north and a low pressure system in the south have combined to wreak havoc across Australia's east coast.
Queenslanders braced damaging winds and gusts of up to 170km/h and massive rainfall over night. Now, forecasters warn the extreme weather conditions are set to continue over the weekend.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen and an associated trough are generating intense wind, rain and storms near western Cape York.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecaster Nicholas Shera told Daily Mail Australia there is a severe weather warning in Queensland's east with the expectation of heavy rainfall and damaging winds.
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Tropical Cyclone Owen in the north and a low pressure system in the south have combined to 'wreak havoc' across Australia's east coast. Some areas of Victoria were hit with flash flooding and as much as 162mm of rain
Some areas of Victoria recorded as much as 162mm of rain in less than 12 hours on Thursday
Cyclone Owen is expected to move out of the east coast and into Innisfail from early tomorrow morning.
Last night winds of up to 120km/h and gusts of 170km/h hit Queensland as Cyclone Owen, which was still a category three tropical cyclone at the time, passed.
Owen has downsized to a category two in the early hours of Saturday morning with wind gusts of up to 140 kilometres per hour, according to a recent Bureau of Meteorology update.
'It's moving pretty quick around 26 kilometres an hour towards the south-east and will continue to weaken during the morning hours,' BOM's Gabriel Branescu said in a statement.
Heavy rainfall of up to 200mm and flash flooding are likely as the cyclone continues east of the state.
Meanwhile the thunderstorms and heavy rainfall is not set to end anytime soon for those in New South Wales.
BOM NSW forecaster David Wilke told Daily Mail Australia, 'We've seen quite a lot of rainfall and severe storms prevalent in the last few days and we're expecting this general pattern to continue in Sydney today.'
He said the thunderstorms are likely to continue tomorrow before clearing up on Monday.
Forecaster Mr Wilke said 'The two systems are interacting giving a lot of humidity and moisture in eastern New South Wales which explains the mugginess in Sydney'
Severe storms (pictured) will passed over Sydney and Newcastle on Friday night
BOM forecaster Mr Wilke said the extreme weather results from a combination of a low pressure systems over western NSW and Queensland's tropical cyclone.
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Owen has wreaked havoc across Queensland with remote communities bracing for 280km/h
Flash flooding in Melbourne forced three residents to get in an inflatable boat and paddle across the city (pictured)
Mr Wilke said most rainfall in the last 24 hours was over in western Sydney with 45mm recorded. In Sydney's east, 40-50mm rainfall was recorded.
He said the rainfall has been quite 'sporadic'which is quite characteristic with thunderstorms.
Bendora dam in Western ACT received 62.6mm of rainfall recorded at 9am on Saturday.
Mr Wilke said said the extreme weather results from a combination of a low pressure systems over western NSW and Queensland's tropical cyclone.
'The two systems are interacting giving a lot of humidity and moisture in eastern New South Wales which explains the mugginess in Sydney,' he said.
BOM VIC forecaster Chris Godfred told Daily Mail Australia said that severe thunderstorms will continue today and tomorrow in Victoria.
He said a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for central Victoria including Melbourne from this afternoon to tonight.
Flash flooding in Victoria forced one south-east resident to kayak to work on Thursday (pictured)
Flash flooding hit parts of Victoria due to the severe thunderstorms and rainfall that lashed the city over the last few days
Melbourne's inner-city flooded, with pedestrians forced to wade through the high waters
Mr Godfred said Olympic Park had the the highest recorded rainfall in Melbourne at 41.2mm. Mt Cowley recorded 72mm of rainfall and Altona 55mm.
Mr Wilke said Melbourne was hit with intense flash flooding associated with the thunderstorms and heavy rain on Thursday and Friday.
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk previously said the state has done all it can to be prepared for the severe category four storm.
'We've just been through horrendous bushfires and now we're dealing with a ... cyclone. Owen will wreak havoc across our state and come down the east coast,' the premier told the Seven network on Friday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state has done all it can to be prepared for the severe category four storm (pictured: Cyclone Debbie closes in at Airlie Beach in 2017)
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Main photo article Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen in the north and a low pressure system in the south have combined to wreak havoc across Australia’s east coast.
Queenslanders braced damaging winds and gusts of up to 170km/h and massive rainfall over night. Now, forecasters warn the extreme weather conditions ...
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