Some areas receive more rainfall in a week than in all of last year, having only a few weeks ago sweltered through temperatures up to 50C Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A year’s worth of rain has drenched parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, as remnants of a tropical low moved east, bringing record-breaking falls to desert towns and crop losses for agricultural areas. The Bureau of Meteorology issued severe weather warnings for south-west NSW and north-west Victoria on Monday, with six-hourly falls of 40 to 70mm forecast, and isolated falls of up to 100mm in places. Continue reading...