Weather & Climate

MORE heavy rain, strong winds and possible flooding is forecast across parts of Tasmania as a wild night of weather caused havoc overnight.

The storm affected flights, caused power outages and flooding, swept away cars, uprooted trees and contributed to road crashes.

Hobart copped a deluge with 79mm of rain in just five hours causing flash flooding across the city. Flooding hit Salamanca, Collins St next to the Royal Hobart Hospital and the New Town Rivulet also burst its banks across Risdon Rd near the Brooker Highway, which was also flooded near Cleary’s Gates.

Cars were swept down the road and left flooded as the Hobart Rivulet broke its banks, flooding Collins and Campbell Streets. The flooding also set off sirens across the CBD.

Water also inundated the University of Tasmania Engineering building, with dramatic footage captured by Bryce Cui (see below).

At 10.30pm, about 14,000 homes were without power around Hobart, Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Tasman Peninsula, South Arm, Bruny Island, Berriedale, Cygnet and Derwent Valley areas due to the wild weather.

At 11.20pm, Hobart had recorded 94.4mm since 9am and higher up the slopes on kunanyi Mt Wellington 137mm had fallen.