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At Darwin Ap
11:50 CST
33°C
27°C
Mostly sunny
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Weather News
Scorching heat for final week of the Big Bash
12:59 EDT
The final week of the Big Bash bandwagon is moving from Australia's west to east, coinciding with the movement of the hottest temperatures.
Heavy rain for southern QLD
12:18 EDT
Overnight, southern Queensland experienced another bout of heavy downpour with storms.
Tennant Creek deluged with 'one-in-50-year' flood
09:47 EDT
The normally dry town of Tennant Creek experienced a deluge on Friday night in what meteorologists said was a one-in-50-year flood.
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