Heavy rain and flash flooding a low moves down east coast

Age reporter, Daniella Miletic.

Gippsland residents are bracing themselves for damaging winds, heavy rain and flash flooding as a low pressure system moves down the east coast.

Melburnians should also keep their brollies handy and get used to "grey and miserable" weather conditions through to the weekend with forecasts of cold weather and rainy days ahead.

The Bureau of Meteorology reports that there has already been a lot of rain in East Gippsland, with more than 100 millimetres likely to fall by Monday evening in parts of the region. Senior forecaster Keris Arndt said pockets of heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding.

Read Daniella Miletic’s story in the Melbourne Age - “'Grey, miserable' weather ahead: Heavy rains lead to flood warnings in Gippsland.”