Weekend of wild weather for NSW and Vic

It has been a wild weekend of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms for Victoria and NSW, only one of which gets to enjoy a long weekend.

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Thunderstorms fire up and heavy rain streams across southeast Australia 

A dynamic weather pattern is bringing about areas of scattered thunderstorms and moderate to heavy rainfall across parts of NSW and Victoria on Saturday.

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Weekend/long weekend weather across the country

It's a long weekend this weekend in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and the ACT, while it's just a regular two-day weekend in Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

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Heaviest Melbourne rain in 30 months as Vic flood threat increases

Melbourne has had its wettest day in exactly two-and-a-half years, with 48.

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