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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luca Ittimani

Afternoon Update: severe weather hits Australia’s south-east; nationwide strike in Israel; and a Bluey coin rush

Large swell in Point Lonsdale, Victoria.
Large swell in Point Lonsdale, Victoria as wild weather and damaging winds hit the state. Photograph: Nicole Bates

Welcome to the Afternoon Update. State emergency services have received thousands of calls for help after a severe weather system brought damaging winds to Australia’s south-east.

A woman was killed by a falling tree on the New South Wales-Victoria border early on Monday and two Tasmanian emergency workers were injured in floods that still threaten parts of the state.

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