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The Bureau of Meteorology says a possible tornado could have caused the extensive power outage in far west New South Wales as SA's Energy Minister confirms mining operations at Olympic Dam will be down for up to a week following storms in SA's north.

A spell of wild weather is on the cards for everywhere from Queensland to Tasmania, with thunderstorms forecast to sweep across Australia's east over the next 48 hours.

The weather bureau expects temperatures will reach well above average this week and severe storms are also forecast in parts of the state. It is expected to reach 8C above average in Brisbane on Saturday.

Australia is facing one of the hottest summers on record according to the Bureau of Meteorology's weather modelling which tips well above average temperatures across the country.

Fed up with the threat of floods, Victorian resident Tuesday Browell is thought to be the first private Australian resident to import war-zone technology to protect her home.

The first major outbreak of spring thunderstorms is firing up this week across parts of Queensland and New South Wales, bringing with them threats of the destructive supercell storm.

Thousands have been left without power, rivers are rising and SES crews scrambled to answer hundreds calls for help as heavy rain and gale force winds battered communities.

While September has been the driest month this year, Australia is on track for a fifth straight year of above-average rain, with forecasts predicting a wet end for 2024.

While parts of Australia's east coast are forecast for warm weather, a cold polar air mass is expected to bring rain and temperature declines of up to 20 degrees Celsius across the continent's south-east before the end of the week.

A rare spring northwest cloudband delivers record rain to parts of outback Australia. The weather event is now moving southeast towards Sydney.

Flooding in central Japan's Noto region kills at least one person, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands and causing blackouts for more than 6,000 households.

A near-nationwide soaking will drench every Australian state and territory this week, including potential record heavy falls in the north-west tropics.

The death toll from flooding in Central Europe continues to rise as thousands of people are evacuated from their homes. 

Days of torrential rain from a low-pressure system named Boris cause rivers to overflow across the region.

The mesmerising transformation of parched sand giving way to the rush of fresh, flowing water has people across a vast outback region in awe as it carves a path from the bush to the sea.

Winter crop production is forecast to rise to near-record levels in parts of the country but farmers in others are hoping just to break even after battling unfavourable weather.

Busselton, Mandurah, and a number of other towns broke rainfall records as a cold front passed across the state's south.

A number of roads are closed and emergency services have received numerous calls for assistance amid record monthly rain totals, but the BOM says respite is on the way.

A coastal trough is expected to extend from Queensland to the NSW north coast on Tuesday evening and the SES is warning people to be prepared.

Kellie Berry's property has flooded multiple times since she moved in 9 years ago, despite her area not being identified as flood-prone. She wants the council to better maintain stormwater drainage to prevent another flooding disaster that forced her out of her home for two years.