Eastern Australia was battered with severe weather over the weekend, ranging from flash floods to damaging winds, followed by record cold temperatures. Heavy rain first swept through Victoria, dropping record totals over eastern and northern parts of the state. East Gippsland and the Northeast saw some of the heaviest falls. Hunters Hill picked up 66mm in 24 hours bringing the monthly total to 168mm, the highest October total in 10 years. Gelantipy was awash with 65mm in 24 hours, its heaviest for October in at least 16 years. The rain then pushed into New South Wales where it caused flash flooding over southern and central parts of the state. Deluges brought as much as 10mm in just 10 minutes and record 24 hours falls. Ivanhoe picked up 81mm in 24 hours, their heaviest for October in at least 126 years. Griffith then saw as much as 26mm in just one hour. The rain was followed by strong, cold winds. Many areas across Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland had gusts as high as 100km/h. Sydney Airport had a gust of 93km/h on Saturday. The wintry blast also brought record cold temperatures to much of the southeast with snow as far north as the Northern Tablelands.