Warning for flood-hit regions as wet weather and storms return to eastern Australia

Frontal system will move through Sydney, form a line of storms across the Hunter Valley and mid-north coast before moving north

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Stormy rains are forecast to return to eastern Australia, including over flood-hit regions of northern New South Wales and south-east Queensland, ending the longest dry spell many areas have had for a month.

Last month's widespread rains that were fed from an atmospheric river of moist tropical air dumped persistent heavy rain over towns like Lismore. This time, though, the forecast rain from Wednesday onwards is going to be all storm-related", Jordan Notara, a senior Bureau of Meteorology forecaster, said.