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A man has died after his car was crushed by a falling tree, as fierce storms continue to batter southern Australia, leaving a trail of damage and power outages.

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Parts of the Queensland coast copped a battering into Wednesday of more than 100mm in less than six hours

Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights – usually seen close to the planet’s poles – are produced by a wind of charged particles streaming from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. The resulting disturbances are called geomagnetic storms.

Forecasters expect very cold overnight lows until Friday or Saturday, while daytime temperatures should return to average by about Wednesday

Though the Bureau of Meteorology originally predicted temperatures would be higher than the average this winter, those living on Australia’s east coast may beg to differ.

Tasmania has already recorded winds of 100km/h from the low-pressure system which is moving up the east coast

Bureau of Meteorology forecasts ‘showery weekend’ across the entire east coast of New South Wales and Queensland

Residents of Melbourne can pat themselves on the back after surviving the city's coldest morning in two years.

Hazardous seas are also buffeting the region's beaches.

BoM says south-east can expect cold days and frosty nights with below-average temperatures continuing into the coming week