<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sweeping showers have soaked parts of every state and territory, mere weeks after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-cool-change-after-record-heat/0c68f676-fab2-4ff9-aae4-2a667874c5ab" rel="" target="" title="record-high temperatures"><span>record-high temperatures</span></a><span> and destructive bushfires gripped parts of the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A "vast northwest cloudband" fed by moisture from the Indian Ocean has stretched from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="" title="Western Australia"><span>Western Australia</span></a><span> across the country, bringing heavy rain as far as </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/tasmania" rel="" target="" title="Tasmania"><span>Tasmania</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Arkaroola in SA's northern Flinders Ranges received 40 per cent of its annual rainfall in just one day, after it was drenched with 100.6mm in the 24 hours to 9am yesterday, Weatherzone said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>HAPPENING NOW:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/israeli-president-visit-to-australia-huge-protests-expected/40b56f1b-3d34-4f03-bf25-282d4937abb0" target="_blank"><strong><span>Israeli president labels Bondi massacre 'attack on Australians' during visit</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dubbo in the NSW's Central West was lashed with 39mm, a welcome drenching after drier-than-average conditions had left the area parched since October last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Most of Victoria received some rain yesterday, but the central part of the state copped the brunt of the cloud band, with 25mm recorded in at least 10 locations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria's highest rainfall total was logged in Mena Park, near Ballarat, where 37mm fell in the 24 hours to 9am today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wet-weather-sweeps-the-nation-just-weeks-on-from-record-heat/957ec79d-6710-4169-9630-46894cc5640b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birdsville in far south-west Queensland received 29mm in one day, which was more than the town has had in any month since last Autumn.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LATEST:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-mitchell-forecast-campsite-mines-evacuated-as-cyclone-approaches-coast/dc27c584-7921-45ef-a0fa-e010244f5868" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Too late to leave' as Cyclone Mitchell whips up 140 km/h winds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the Northern Territory, typically-arid Alice Springs has posted five days with record-rainfall, where 66mm of rain soaked nearby Upper Bond Springs in the 24 hours to 9am today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The highest rainfall totals in Western Australia were recorded in the Pilbara, where </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyclone-mitchell-forecast-campsite-mines-evacuated-as-cyclone-approaches-coast/dc27c584-7921-45ef-a0fa-e010244f5868" rel="" target="" title="Tropical Cyclone Mitchell is expected to cross the coast in the coming hours"><span>Tropical Cyclone Mitchell is expected to cross the coast in the coming hours</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The moisture from the Indian Ocean has spread all the way to Tasmania, where most of the state received a light smattering of rain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue across most of the country in the coming days as they trend north.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rain is unlikely to reach bushfire-stricken parts of South Australia and Victoria this week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The wet weather system comes just over a week after south-eastern Australia sweltered in record temperatures.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Temperatures in the South Australian towns of Indamooka and Port Augusta reached 50 degrees, while temperatures in Victoria soared to their highest on record, with the mercury reaching 48.9 degrees in Hopetoun and Walpeup.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here 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