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Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching

Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash floodingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMultiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather...

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by Donna Lu
Flooding rains expected across three Australian states as parched interior receives drenching

Wet weather to batter parts of Queensland, NSW and Tasmania through Thursday, with warnings of flash flooding

Multiple states are at risk of flash flooding on Thursday, with severe weather warnings issued in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.

Ilana Cherny, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the wet weather battering eastern Australia was being driven by a broad low-pressure trough that had drawn in “a lot of tropical moisture across the region”.

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