Storms are set to continue across both New South Wales and Victoria with one person lucky to be alive after a tree fell on their caravan. 

The Salvation Army is calling on help from the southern states as Queensland continues their mammoth clean-up efforts following cyclones and floods. 

Japan Air traffic control say the coastguard plane which collided with a passenger et, killing five people, didn't have clearance to be on the runway. 

 Aussie Alex De Minuar ends Novak Djokovic's 43-match winning streak in United Cup.