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East coast remains on flood alert despite easing rain

East coast remains on flood alert despite easing rain

A rain trough that has battered parts of NSW and Queensland is set to shift offshore on Wednesday night but flooding fears remain after days of wet weather.

Windy, wintry blast to linger for Australia's southeast

Windy, wintry blast to linger for Australia's southeast

Windy, wintry blast to linger for Australia's southeast

Windy, wintry blast to linger for Australia's southeast

A cold front moving across Australia's southeast is bringing damaging winds, rain and snow with severe weather warnings in place in NSW, Victoria and SA.

Three dead as Tropical Storm Beryl crosses Texas

Three dead as Tropical Storm Beryl crosses Texas

Three dead as Tropical Storm Beryl crosses Texas

Three dead as Tropical Storm Beryl crosses Texas

Three people have died in the United States as Tropical Storm Beryl swept into Texas with heavy rains and powerful winds.

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Sydney in firing line as sodden state cops more rain

Sydney in firing line as sodden state cops more rain

Severe overnight weather could trigger flash floods in NSW as the state continues to be lashed by huge, slow-moving downpours.

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rains and storms lash Sydney, WA coast

Heavy rain that lashed Sydney saw the harbour city cop a month's worth of rain on the first day of winter, while parts of the WA coast were also drenched.

'Hazmat emergency' over WA tornado asbestos exposure

'Hazmat emergency' over WA tornado asbestos exposure

Hundreds of residents remain without power and an urgent asbestos clean up is underway following a tornado that damaged more than 100 houses in WA's southwest.

Asbestos alert, residents without power after tornado

Asbestos alert, residents without power after tornado

A big clean-up effort is under way following a damaging tornado in Western Australia that destroyed buildings and left more than 1300 people without power.

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Heavy rain prompts severe weather alert

Heavy rain prompts severe weather alert

Heavy rain prompts severe weather alert

Heavy rain prompts severe weather alert

A severe weather alert for NSW's south coast warns heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding, while a woman survived a freezing night in the Blue Mountains.

Flood fears as deluge set for NSW, dam likely to spill

Flood fears as deluge set for NSW, dam likely to spill

Flood fears as deluge set for NSW, dam likely to spill

Flood fears as deluge set for NSW, dam likely to spill

More wet and stormy weather is expected to lash NSW with Sydney's Warragamba dam predicted to spill as flood warnings are issued for areas downstream.

Heavy rain to drench coastal NSW and Sydney: bureau

Heavy rain to drench coastal NSW and Sydney: bureau

Heavy rain to drench coastal NSW and Sydney: bureau

Heavy rain to drench coastal NSW and Sydney: bureau

After a month of above-average rainfall, the wet weather is expected to continue across NSW as a band of rain makes its way to the coast.

Winds after saturating rain threaten to topple trees

Winds after saturating rain threaten to topple trees

Winds after saturating rain threaten to topple trees

Winds after saturating rain threaten to topple trees

Wet and windy weather has returned to Sydney after a deluge overflowed the city's main reservoir, as the government weighs options to mitigate future flooding.

Natural disaster declared as NSW flood clean up begins

Natural disaster declared as NSW flood clean up begins

Natural disaster declared as NSW flood clean up begins

Natural disaster declared as NSW flood clean up begins

Natural disaster zones have been declared as damage assessments begin and residents across eastern NSW mop up from record-breaking rain.

Body found as flooding forces 168 rescues across NSW

Body found as flooding forces 168 rescues across NSW

Body found as flooding forces 168 rescues across NSW

Body found as flooding forces 168 rescues across NSW

Record rainfall across Sydney and parts of NSW have caused flooding and widespread damage with authorities issuing evacuation orders for some communities.

Man's body found in western Sydney floodwaters

Man's body found in western Sydney floodwaters

Man's body found in western Sydney floodwaters

Man's body found in western Sydney floodwaters

The body of a man has been found near a flooded reserve in suburban Sydney, the second death linked to the current flash floods across Australia's east.

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Largest dam spills, but axed wall extension defended

A decision to not spend $3 billion on raising Australia's largest dam wall has been defended as it spills, adding to floodwaters in already-sodden communities.

Swim warning at dozens of Victorian beaches after rain

More than 30 beaches around Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay have been deemed unsafe for swimming after days of heavy downpours.

Dangerous weather heading north after record downpours

Heavy and intense rain is forecast in parts of NSW within days after storms lashed Victoria, with hundreds of calls for help amid record breaking downpours.

Severe thunderstorm warnings as rain, wind hammer state

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for large parts of Victoria, with heavy rainfall, damaging wind gusts and large hail likely.

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Rising floodwaters trigger more cyclone evacuations

Almost 400 residents have been evacuated from a remote Northern Territory town battered by ex-Tropical Cyclone Megan, which left some communication severed.

Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Tropical Cyclone Megan is now a category three system as it moves toward the Northern Territory coast, with the possibility it could intensify to category four.

Storm system could redevelop into a cyclone over state

Ex-Cyclone Lincoln has blasted the Top End with heavy rainfall as it moves west amid a warning it could redevelop into a cyclone off the Kimberley coast.

Communities still in the dark after destructive storms

A dairy farmer is dead and around 135,000 properties remain without power in Victoria after storms knocked down transmission towers and lines.

Thunderstorm warning as heat and humidity linger

After a sweltering weekend, heatwave conditions are persisting in NSW with high temperatures, energy-zapping humidity and potentially severe thunderstorms.

Southerlies brush heatwave aside after record night

A cool change is sweeping through NSW, dropping temperatures by more than 10C in an hour after a coast-to-coast heatwave delivered an outback town record.

Heatwave persists as inland temps nudge 50C

Some inland towns have sweltered through temperatures as high as 49.4C as heatwave conditions sent the mercury soaring some 6C to 12C above average.

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