Eastern states battered by more wild weather as a cyclone and floods hit

As Cyclone Owen made landfall and was downgraded to a category 2 storm over Queensland’s west coast, cities and towns across eastern Australia were hit by their own flooding and chaos.

Heavy rains on Friday night made movement difficult in parts of
 Melbourne - this is an underpass in Richmond.

And there’s more to come with weather warnings issued for more heavy rain and flash flooding across parts of NSW and Victoria over the weekend.

On Friday afternoon in Melbourne, where a late afternoon storm dumped 37.2 millimetres of rain in just 60 minutes, roads flooded and a Paul Kelly concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl came to a soggy halt.

Fans found themselves ankle-deep in water as speakers tumbled and the capacity crowd was soaked to the skin.

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