A tropical low is hovering over the Gulf of Carpentaria and set to track across Queensland in the coming days, raising concerns it may strengthen into a tropical cyclone.

Residents in one Aussie state already smashed by floods and heavy rain are getting no respite as a new threat heads their way.

Snow, damaging winds and dangerous coastal flooding are expected to impact parts of the southern Appalachians, the Carolinas and southern Virginia this weekend as a powerful winter storm rapidly ...