Major flooding in regional Queensland has exposed a 1,200-kilometre blind spot in weather radar systems. | Sky News Australia

🌡️ Heat will build across much of Australia over the weekend, with widespread warmer temperatures forecast. Many places will be between 2°C and 8°C higher than average between Monday and Wednesday, with even greater warm temperature anomalies in inland areas. Heatwave conditions are forecast across a broad area of northern and central Australia, with Heatwave Warnings likely to be issued. A heatwave is when the maximum and minimum temperatures are unusually hot over 3 days. This is compared to

6K views · 41 reactions | The Bureau of Meteorology has declared current widespread rainfall a “statewide flood event” while extending the flood watch to include areas in inland New South Wales. | Sky News Australia | Facebook