Overview
- Severe weather and flood warnings are active across the NT, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria as the system lingers.
- Melbourne and central Victoria faced emergency thunderstorm warnings for intense rainfall, with rapid downpours, flash‑flood risk and thousands of properties losing power.
- The East West (Trans‑Australian) rail line is shut after floodwaters washed away sections of track up to about 100 metres, with repairs expected to take more than a week.
- In the NT, the Stuart Highway is closed between Tennant Creek and Ali Curung, Alice Springs residents collected more than 500 sandbags, and cattle stations such as Lake Nash reported extreme totals.
- Authorities reported swift‑water rescues in western Queensland, and Bureau forecasters warn north‑west NSW could see widespread 100–200mm with isolated 250–300mm later this week.