Alert for thunderstorms, hail from 11am to 6pm on Saturday

The Department of Meteorology issued a new yellow alert, this time for thunderstorms and hail.

The alert is for Saturday, April 29, between 11 am and 6 pm.

“Local showers and isolated thunderstorms, probably with hail, are expected to affect mainly inland and mountainous areas,” the department said in a tweet.

Precipitation rates are likely to range between 35 and 55 millimetres per hour, it added.

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