Already, the cold spell has brought heavy snowfall to many parts of the country, as a number of flood alerts and warnings were issued in England to account for heavy rain or melting snow.

Minor flooding may develop along the Mary River at Tiaro from Saturday morning. Further rainfall is forecast over the Mary River catchment during the weekend which may cause further river level rises.

The Bureau's flood forecasting and warning service uses rainfall and streamflow observations, numerical weather predictions and hydrologic models to forecast and warn for possible flood events across ...