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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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What is the 2,000km-storm band ‘pseudo-monsoon’ lashing Australia’s east?

Several towns across Queensland have been cut off by floodwaters after a massive 2,000-kilometre-long rain band brought days of relentless downpour to Australia’s east.

A severe weather warning remained in place across parts of central west and south-west Queensland, as a slow-moving trough continues to drag tropical moisture over the inland, with many calling the phenomenon a “pseudo-monsoon”.

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