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More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened
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. This blog is now closed
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In Victoria, another four deaths of people with Covid-19 have been reported. Some 27 people are in intensive care.
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