Roads washed away as WA is lashed by severe flooding and winds

Days after a bushfire emergency gripped parts of Western Australia, the state is now being lashed with severe rainfall and strong winds.

A low pressure system is sweeping across WA, generating heavy rain and gusty winds with warnings of high tides between Jurien Bay and Margaret River.

Overnight the south-west region received isolated falls of up to 100mm with Gascoyne copping the brunt of the weather system.

Parts of the region received more rain in a day than it did in all of last year. The township of Carnarvon will have to undergo an extensive and expensive recovery.

Around 40 people had to be rescued after becoming caught in the floods while authorities will begin assessing the damage once the water starts to recede – which likely won't happen for another couple of days.

Across the rest of the country today, another low and associated trough over the northern tropics is triggering areas of rain and storms. Troughs are also bringing areas of rain and storms over parts of WA and Queensland, some intense.

Here's your weather forecast for Monday, February 8.

QUEENSLAND

Showers, warm-to-very warm in the southeast, northeast and northwest.

It'll be sunny and warm in the southwest.

NEW SOUTH WALES & THE ACT

Showers, cool-to-mild in the northeast. Possible showers, cool-to-mild in the southeast. Mostly sunny, mild-to-warm in the southwest. Sunny, warm in the northwest.

VICTORIA

Partly cloudy, cool-to-cold in the southwest. Partly cloudy, cool-to-mild in the southeast. Mostly sunny, warm in the north.

TASMANIA

Showers, cool in the southwest. Late shower, mild in the southeast. Mostly sunny, cool-to-mild in the north.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Mostly cloudy, mild in the southeast. Mostly sunny, cool-to-mild in central. Mostly sunny, mild-to-warm in the west and north. The chance pf showers and storms in the far west.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Showers and gusty winds shifting to far southwest, cool-to-mild. Showers and storms over the east. Mostly sunny, warm in the northwest.

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Showers and storms northeast and east, very warm. A possible shower, warm over the southern interior. Mostly sunny, very warm-to-hot in the southwest.

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