Storm and flash flooding warnings have been issued for parts of south east Queensland and south east NSW as more heavy rain is expected from Thursday afternoon into the weekend.
A woman has died after her car was swept away in rising Queensland floodwaters as a ferocious rain bomb washes out the Ashes Test in Brisbane and a severe thunderstorm hits Sydney.
Dramatic footage shows the moment shoppers run for cover as the roof caved in at Penrith HomeCo shopping centre in western Sydney in a storm battering NSW, Queensland, and Victoria.
Parts of Australia from Victoria right up to northern Queensland and the Top End will see heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms hammer down over the next few days.