Australia facing ‘prolonged’ wet weather as three separate rain bands and storms hit

Bureau of Meteorology forecasts showery weekend' across the entire east coast of New South Wales and Queensland

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Australia is set for more wet weather in the coming days with three separate rain bands forecast to end the recent south-east cold snap.

Angus Hines, senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said it would be a showery weekend" across the entire east coast of New South Wales and Queensland.

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