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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Aston Brown and Daisy Dumas

Antarctic blast brings damaging winds and alpine blizzards to Victoria and NSW and possible snow in Queensland

A fresh blanket of snow at Guthega buries plants and trees during a blizzard in the NSW Snowy Mountains
A fresh blanket of snow at Guthega during a blizzard in the Snowy Mountains amid severe weather forecasts for NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A low-pressure system carrying fast-moving polar air will bring damaging winds and possible blizzard conditions to south-eastern Australia, with possible snow as high as the Queensland border – but locals in that state have not yet dusted off their toboggans.

The low-pressure system brought cold and blustery weather to Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales on Sunday and Monday, with severe weather warnings for all three states.

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