40% of Australia’s entire population under severe weather warnings covering an area the size of Alaska – CNN

Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummeled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst downpour in more than half a century.
The national weather agency has posted severe weather warnings in every mainland state or territory but one, affecting about 10 million people in the country of 25 million, across an area the size of Alaska.
“The rain and flood situation does remain dynamic and…

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