A monsoon trough, several tropical lows and troughs brought showers, rain and thunderstorms, some severe, across northern Australia.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 300 mm, with locally higher falls, were recorded across broad northern areas of Western Australia, the Top End of the Northern Territory and much of northern and eastern Queensland.

A trough along most of the eastern states with moist, unstable conditions led to scattered showers and isolated storms, some severe, across parts of the east.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm and locally higher were recorded across eastern New South Wales, parts of northern Victoria and Queensland’s interior.

There is ongoing minor to major flooding across much of Queensland and the Top End of the Northern Territory.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 415.2 mm at Whyanbeel Valley in Queensland.

The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 276.0 mm at Darr Creek Al in Queensland in the 24 hours to 9 am on 9 March.