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Cloud over NSW and QLD in a broad region of low pressure is producing showers and storms, heavy in the east. Thick cloud in the the tropics with a deepening monsoon trough and developing low is generating thundery showers. Cloud with a trough in WA is causing showers and storms.

In the news

  1. Sydney hail damage insurance claims

    Insurance claims for damage caused by last month's hail storms across Sydney and Wollongong rise to $186 million.

  2. Arrest over fatal fire

    A man is arrested over Wednesday night's fatal squatters fire at a former factory in Melbourne's inner west.

  3. Perfect anvil over Barossa

    A perfectly formed anvil thunderstorm cloud spreads across the northern skies of Adelaide, dumping heavy rain on the Barossa and igniting a Twitter frenzy.

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Posted November 15, 2013 15:10:10

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