Emergency crews are on high alert this morning after volatile weather systems smashed the country's east. A major clean up is underway across parts of New South Wales following a freak storm yesterday, while residents in South East Queensland brace for another round of lightning and hail. #9News LATEST: https://nine.social/13io | 9 News

A GOES-16 IR (10.3 micron) satellite imagery loop of the CONUS showing clusters of showers and thunderstorms associated with Potential T.C. Nine near the Bahamas early this evening, while a rather strong cold front across the central Plains and Midwest is seen producing a broken axis of heavy showers and thunderstorms, including pockets of severe weather and some flash flooding. | NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center

WEATHER: National weather forecast for Saturday, December 10th. | 9 News