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Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’?

By Andrew Brown, Research Fellow in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne

This week, unusually widespread thunderstorms are expected to bring rain, hail and intense winds to swathes of southern Australia. Here’s why – and what threat they can pose.

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