Intense "training" rainfall soaking southwest Western Australia

A slow-moving cold front will continue to cause heavy rain in southwestern Australia on Wednesday after some areas collected more than 50 mm of rain in less than six hours on Tuesday night, prompting warnings for flash flooding.

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Rain and storms hitting eastern Australia as SA records heaviest August rain in decades

A low pressure system will continue to drive rain and thunderstorms across parts of eastern and southeastern Australia on Tuesday after delivering the heaviest rain in four years to parts of South Australia on Monday.

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Flooding rain and severe thunderstorms threatening NSW and Victoria from Tuesday

Rain and thunderstorms will spread across a broad area of central and eastern Australia between Monday and Wednesday this week.

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Heavy rain and thunderstorms spreading across southern Australia

Southern Australia is expecting another bought of rain, winds and lightning across the country these next three days.

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