Severe Storms Pose Flooding Risk for Australia’s Victoria State

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology warned Saturday that severe thunderstorms could cause flash flooding in Victoria state, as wild weather that’s cost lives and damaged properties continued in the country’s east.

Heavy rainfall is expected in the coming hours, the bureau said in a televised warning and on social media.

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