Stormy weekend ahead for eastern Australia

Showers and thunderstorms will affect a broad area of eastern Australia this weekend and early next week, with severe storms possible in Queensland and NSW.

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Severe thunderstorms threaten southeast Queensland and northeast NSW again on Thursday

Parts of southeast Queensland and northeast NSW are likely to see severe thunderstorms on Thursday, with large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain all possible.

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Severe thunderstorm warnings for giant hail issued for parts of Qld, NSW

A dynamic afternoon and evening of weather is unfolding this Wednesday in South East Queensland and the northeastern corner of New South Wales, with severe thunderstorm warnings issued for both areas.

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One million lightning pulses in outback Australia

A spectacular atmospheric light show illuminated the interior of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and South Australia overnight, with more than one million lightning pulses detected in the 24 hours to 7 am (AWST) within 800 kilometres of Carnegie – a cattle station in WA's arid interior.

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