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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Monsoon low could bring year’s worth of rain in a week to parts of NSW, Queensland and South Australia

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BoM satellite viewer as of 5pm AEDT Monday 23 February. Places in north-east SA and north-west NSW were expected to receive between 200-300mm of rain over coming days, the bureau has predicted. Photograph: Bureau of Meteorology

A lingering monsoon low could deliver a year’s worth of rain in a week to parts of inland South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, just weeks after record-breaking heat, with a high risk of flash flooding.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for several regions on Tuesday – north-western NSW, central and northern parts of Victoria, north-east SA, and south-western Queensland – with heavy, locally intense rainfall predicted.

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