The deluge hit the Gold Coast the hardest with 325mm of rain falling at Loders Creek and more than 200mm in the Gold Coast Hinterland. 'Very dangerous storms are producing intense rainfall around Coomera,' the Bureau warned on Twitter at 6.15am'Dangerous and life threatening flash flooding is likely.' This station is inland from the Gold Coast 224mm - Monterey Keys. Mr Taggart said good falls of up to 53mm had fallen on the border of the Currowan fire on the NSW south coast, north of Batemans Bay. 'The firegrounds in the south coast area and in the Snowys area haven't picked up as much rainfall.'

Source: Daily Mail January 17, 2020 22:27 UTC