Australia: During Australia's early summer season, extreme weather conditions are wreaking havoc, with flooding in the east and bushfires in the west. According to sources, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicted more showers and a possible severe thunderstorm across southeast Queensland on Thursday, including the state capital of Brisbane and the Gold Coast, adding to the previous day's downpours that saw up to 70 mm of rainfall.

After a Brisbane woman's automobile was carried off the road on Wednesday afternoon, the torrents resulted in Queensland's third flood-related death in less than a month. "It took several hours to really identify the vehicle because of the quickly rising water and the speed at which the water was flowing," a police official told ABC.

New South Wales (NSW), a neighbouring state, is bracing for more tumultuous weather, with up to 200 mm of rain expected in the state's southeast by the end of the week. The rainy pattern was caused by a low-pressure trough heading east colliding with a ring of humid air, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The extended thundery conditions in the eastern states, exacerbated by the La Nina weather phenomena, have already resulted in the wettest November since the Bureau of Meteorology began keeping records in 1900.

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