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Severe storms spark up in the east

Storms have whipped up severe conditions over northern New South Wales, interior Queensland and the Northern Territory, bringing damaging winds and heavy rainfalls.

These dangerous storms are forming along a trough that brought the well deserved relief to much of New South Wales. It ripped through Sydney late last night, bringing gusts of 74km/h and dropping temperatures from 32 degrees at midnight to 23 degrees just an hour later.

The trough has now pushed further north and began generating severe storms over the region early this afternoon. As the tropical moisture feeds in over the Northern Territory heavy falls have been seen. Pirlangimpi in the Darwin-Daly district picked up an astounding 21mm in just ten minutes.

The moisture is building over the rest of the region and some areas have already seen heavy falls. In NSW, Armidale saw as much as 8mm in just ten minutes.

In Queensland it has been the wind wreaking the most havoc with Richmond feeling their strongest gust in seven years of records at 124km/h. This is enough to damage structures and up-root trees.

The trough has its direction set for South Australia, expected to bring more heavy falls from tomorrow.

- Weatherzone

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