More wet weather forecast for Sydney as northern Australia braces for monsoonal rain and strong winds

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Wet weather sweeping across Sydney and monsoonal rains swamping Darwin and north Queensland are creating the conditions for another sodden summer week for much of the country.

A south-easterly flow moving off the water brought moisture on to Sydney shores, condensing in the atmosphere as cloud and shower activity.

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