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The Bureau of Meteorology says Gippsland will need to be on alert for more flooding rain on Friday, despite cancelling its severe weather warnings for Victoria.
The New South Wales mountrain ranges have been blanketed by snow after the state shivered through its coldest day in 37 years as a polar blast smashed the east coast.
As tens of thousands of customers in the state remained without power on Thursday night, the Bureau of Meteorology warned more rain would fall in Gippsland on Friday.