With a monsoon across Northern Australia and severe weather warnings in place elsewhere, the country is set to cop a deluge of rain.
A severe weather warning for squally storms and damaging winds is in place for people in the Tiwi Islands and parts of the Daly and Arnhem districts, including Darwin.
There is also a severe thunderstorm warning caused by tropical moisture nearly 2000km south in the desert Lasseter District, including Yulara near Uluru, Hermannsburg, Curtin Springs, Watarrka and Uluru.Heavy rainfalls are also predicted for every day this week in southeast Queensland, particularly around the Sunshine Coast.As far north as Townsville they collected more than 30mm, although the centre of the city missed out.
For NSW the peak of the storms will be Friday, with forecasts for between 5 to 15mm but more if you’re under a storm.
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