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Parts of Victoria could see three months’ worth of rain as storms forecast for Australia’s south-east

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BoM expects 30 to 50mm of rain to fall in Melbourne over coming days, with showers and storms also likely for Canberra and Sydney on Saturday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Widespread rain and thunderstorms are forecast to drench south-eastern Australia from Thursday, with the heaviest falls expected across Victoria.

A trough moving east across South Australia was expected to combine with a low pressure system moving through the Great Australian Bight on Thursday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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