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A weekend of wild weather has inundated large swaths of Australia as most states brace for severe thunderstorms, strong winds and flash flooding.
Six states and territories are under a weather watch, with storms forecast for Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia, also developing in New South Wales and the ACT.
Heavy, heavy rain blanketed large swathes of Queensland on Sunday and the Bureau of Meteorology issued flood warnings for the southeastern regions and surrounding catchments.
The ravages of wild weather extended to Australia’s east coast, with heavy downpours causing flooding on the first day of the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam in Melbourne as players and spectators ducked for cover.
The storms are likely to bring heavy and locally heavy rainfall to parts of the northwest coast and central plateau areas of Tasmania. cause dangerous and life-threatening flash flooding through Sunday afternoon.
In Victoria, strong winds and flash flooding with thunderstorms are possible in the central and eastern regions.
Winds of almost 100km/h were recorded at East Sale Airport on Sunday afternoon.
In southeast Queensland, minor flood warnings are in place for the Bremer River and Warrill Creek, the Burrum River and the Mary River, while a flood warning has been issued for the Logan River.
A heavy downpour did not dampen the mood at the Australian Open on Sunday

Large stretches of Australia’s east coast, from far north Queensland to Tasmania, will experience another flood on Monday.
Wind gusts of 106km/h were observed in Hughenden on Sunday afternoon.
Residents took to social media to post videos of flooding on roads and in town centers across the South Burnett region.
“We have broad risks of severe thunderstorms stretching from Townsville to Brisbane,” senior meteorologist Angus Hines told AAP.
“Another very active day will likely bring further weather impact, flash flooding, road closures, possible damage to trees, property, crops, as well as the possibility of power outages.”
Hines said while Queensland’s central coast was at the highest risk of flooding, the risk for all other regions should not be downplayed.
“Flash flooding would happen very quickly if more rain fell in those places because of how wet it’s been; the ground really can’t absorb much more rain,” he said.
The bureau predicts that showers and storms will continue throughout the week and, although the intensity is expected to decrease a couple of notches, severe weather remains a risk until Wednesday.

Queensland has borne the brunt of the wild weather in recent days. Pictured is a car driving through large puddles as a result of heavy rain in Brisbane on Saturday.
Perth
Monday: Partly cloudy.Min19 Max29
Tuesday: Clearing of clouds.Min18 Max26
Wednesday: sunny. Min15 Max29
Thursday: sunny. Min. 19 Max. 38
Adelaide
Monday: sunny. Min19 Max31
Tuesday: sunny. Min17 Max32
Wednesday: Possible shower.Min19 Max26
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Min15 Max25
Melbourne
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min19 Max27
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Min17 Max28
Wednesday: shower or two. Min19 Max28
Thursday: shower or two. Min15 Max22
hobart
Monday: Possible shower.Min17Max22
Tuesday: Cloudy. Min15 Max21
Wednesday: Rains increasing. Min15 Max25
Thursday: Possible rain. Min15 Max23
Canberra
Monday: Possible storm. Min14 Max31
Tuesday: Possible rain or storm. Min15 Max31
Wednesday: Rains. Possible storm. Min15 Max33
Thursday: Possible rain. Min15 Max26

Spectators were seen ducking for cover on the first day of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Sydney
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min21 Max30
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Min21 Max29
Wednesday: shower or two. Possible storm. Min22 Max31
Thursday: shower or two. Min21 Max26
brisbane
Monday: shower or two. Possible storm. Min21 Max29
Tuesday: Possible shower.Min21 Max31
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min22 Max31
Thursday: shower or two. Min22 Max 33