Australia news live updates: more NSW flood warnings in place as Lismore cleanup continues; south-east Queensland hit by severe storms
by Caitlin Cassidy (now) and Graham Readfearn (earlie from World news | The Guardian on (#5WSWA)
More than 70,000 people in NSW covered by 55 evacuation orders as Sydney and Central Coast face more heavy rain; extreme heatwave warnings for north Queensland as severe storms develop in south-east; magnitude 3.8 earthquake at Mount Barker near Adelaide; NSW records five Covid deaths, Victoria four and South Australia and Queensland two apiece. Follow all the day's news
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