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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas with AAP

Record-breaking downpours in eastern Australia put emergency services on high alert

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A number of sites across south-east Queensland saw their wettest day on record for August, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Emergency services are poised to carry out rescues as record-breaking downpours have soaked parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.

South-east Queensland’s coastal catchments have been issued with a flood watch warning, as have parts of the NSW Northern Rivers.

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