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A storm in a tea cup? 3-Dec-2017 At 7:18:50 PM martym

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Met Office? Fifth Amendment? What country is this about?

Seems like Victoria sure got rained on though:
FLOODS PROVE DRAMATIC WARNINGS WERE JUSTIFIED: ANDREWS
THE STORM IN NUMBERS
■ Mount St Leonard, near Healesville, is the wettest spot in the state, drenched with 235mm

■ Half the state has received its entire December average already

■ Saturday was Victoria’s wettest day in six years, and the wettest december day since 1993

■ Residents in Kialla West, near Shepparton, are at high risk, with flooding expected to peak at 5.9m early Monday morning

■ Euroa has been hit hardest by floods, with Seven Creeks peaking at 5.1m

■ Minor flooding is expected along Wangaratta along the Ovens River, and along the Yarra River from Healesville to Abbotsford

■ Melbourne saw its wettest 24 hours since 1992, with the CBD receiving 67mm of rain since Friday, and more than the December average of rain in just 48 hours