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MELBOURNE, Australia — A severe thunderstorm dumped hail and rain on the eastern Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday, delaying sporting events, shutting down transportation and forcing the evacuation of a train station when the storm tore a hole in its roof.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the storm blanketed roads with hail and brought an inch of rain in less than an hour. Emergency services could not keep up with reports of flooding and damage. In the city center, water was nearly knee deep in some streets.
In Queensland, rural communities that were inundated by floodwaters all week were bracing for more floods as their rivers rose. Queensland declared a state of emergency.
