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At Darwin Ap

11:50 CST

Today

33°C

Tonight

27°C

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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.