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Thick cloud over the NT and northern QLD is spiralling around tropical low, generating heavy rain and storms. Cloud over QLD and northern NSW in a trough is causing showers and the odd storm, mainly inland. Cloud over southern VIC and TAS near a front and low is causing showers.

In the news

  1. Third day of NSW storms

    Another storm hits the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales after two days of severe weather.

  2. Carwoola blaze contained

    The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for the Carwoola fire, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

  3. High chance of cyclone

    There is a high chance a cyclone will form in Queensland's of Carpentaria Sunday, the Bureau of Meteorology warns.

  4. Ravensthorpe cut off

    Main Roads says it is confident the South Coast Highway between Ravensthorpe and Esperance and will be opened to traffic by early next week.

  5. Severe thunderstorm warning

    Three women are hit by lightning in the New South Wales southern highlands as severe storms hit the state for a second day, with parts of Sydney and Wollongong hammered by large hailstones.

  6. Carwoola fire aftermath in photos

    When residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.

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Posted November 15, 2013 15:10:10

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