<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More rain is forecast to fall across large parts of the country this month, continuing a wet start to autumn that has led to widespread </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/floods" rel="" target="" title="flooding"><span>flooding</span></a><span> across multiple states.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A series of low pressure troughs and low pressure systems dumped heavy rainfall over areas already saturated by summer rain, causing widespread flooding in </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span>, </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span> and </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span> over the past few weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flood disasters are ongoing in Queensland, where </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-flooding-bundaberg-homes-and-businesses-hit-by-flooding-for-the-fourth-time-in-15-years/ad2f38b1-e4e1-4ab8-bae3-02825837c9ab" rel="" target="" title=" two Chinese backpackers headed west to find fruit picking work were found dead in their car"><span>two Chinese backpackers headed west to find fruit picking work were found dead in their car</span></a><span> and the Northern Territory, which is experiencing its </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/katherine-dog-rescued-from-croc-infested-waters/4d713b43-e68e-4a19-b53c-b8fd9fd0746f" rel="" target="" title="worst flooding in decades"><span>worst flooding in decades</span></a><span>.</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>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-missing-from-water-near-houseboat-search-and-rescue-burnett-heads/78215943-eea7-43c2-af27-0bdf380811bf"><strong><span>Search underway for man who vanished off a houseboat amid floods</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weatherzone's Ben Domensino said the wet and soggy forecast was thanks to a phenomenon called the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Domensino described an MJO as a "a pulse of increased rain and storm activity that moves around the world near the equator roughly every 30 to 60 days".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said it increased the likelihood of more wet weather, particularly across northern and central Australia, in the second half of March and possibly into early April.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/weather-forecast-australia-rain-set-to-continue-in-wet-start-to-autumn/67708694-59eb-4fa0-a764-9c5889f23eac" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology's long-range forecast for autumn also anticipates above average rainfall and a heightened flood risk for much of the tropical north of the country for the rest of the month.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>From April through to June the forecast is for below average rainfall for most of the country, excluding the far north, heading into the dry season starting in May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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