Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. 9News
Rainfall predicted for NSW, ACT, Victoria and Queensland
Victoria could see widespread thunderstorms tomorrow in areas surrounding Melbourne, Mildura, Bendigo, Seymour, Mt Hotham, Wangaratta, Ballarat and Latrobe Valley. "That trough could hang around for the remainder of the week and we could get isolated rainfall in communities across Victoria, NSW and Queensland however at this stage it's hard to tell exactly where the rain will fall."
Adelaide is forecast to reach 35C today while areas further inland around Coober Pedy and Leigh Creek expected to spike to 48C.
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