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Storm warnings hit Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane

The Bureau of Meteorology expects damaging winds as the greatest risk, with gusts above one hundred kilometres an hour already recorded; Derby Day crowds will want a coat.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Melbourne today, storm warnings are in place as a cold front sweeps across Australia's east and south-east, with Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane also under watch into Sunday.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA cold front with four cities on the schedule. That's a road trip, and it's going undefeated.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Bureau of Meteorology says wind gusts above one hundred kilometres an hour have already hit the mountains of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOver a hundred in the first quarter. That's a front running up the score.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMeteorologist Angus Hines said, quote, it's this follow-up band of storms which could pack a punch.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe second-half adjustment. Classic.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorForecasters say Derby Day is most dangerous if a severe storm passes directly over Flemington racecourse, where up to fifteen millimetres of rain could fall.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA direct hit on the stadium, bro. Somebody get that crowd a halftime show with umbrellas.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRain is forecast every day until Cup Day on Tuesday, so the crowds may not see a dry afternoon all week.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive straight days of rain before Cup Day. Somebody should tell the punters to bring a boat.

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