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500km line of storms sweeping across the Goldfields,WA
Ashleigh Madden, 06-MayOver 32 thousand lightning strikes hit the Kalgoorlie region on Sunday and Monday, with more rainfall to come at the end of this week for the state&rsq...
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Rain every day this week in NSW
Ben Domensino, 06-MayThe NSW coast can expect another week of rain as eastern Australia remains stuck in a stagnant pattern of wet and stormy weather. A stubborn high pre...
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Intense Rainfall: Over 100mm in just 3 days over NSW
Aline Ribeiro, 05-MayThe advance of a trough across the north and center of the state spread clouds across the state and, together with humid onshore winds, intensified ins...
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Riverina's first rain in a month frustrates some, drenches others
Brett Dutschke, 04-MayRain and thunderstorms have been spreading across New South Wales, bringing the first rain in a month and evening drenching some areas, but it has been...
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Spooky spectre sighting west of Sydney
James Rout, 04-MayUnlike this weekend, last weekend was calm with light winds and clear skies across NSW, so I knew there would be fog in the valleys near Sydney on the ...
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Heaviest May rainfall in 82 years recorded in WA town
Ashleigh Madden, 03-MayParched areas of southwest WA have finally seen some rain this week, with Wandering recording its highest May rainfall in more than 82 years and the mo...
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Rain and storms spreading across NSW
Ben Domensino, 03-MayA three-day soaking has begun in NSW, with rain and thunderstorms expected to spread across most of the state over the next 72 hours. An upper-level ...
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Will another positive Indian Ocean Dipole brew in 2024?
Joel Pippard, 02-MaySigns are pointing to the second consecutive positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) developing in the next few months. However, May is shaping up to be a t...
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Rare rainless Agfest thanks to blocking high
Ben Domensino, 02-MayTasmania’s Agfest is enjoying an unusual run of dry, sunny and mild weather this week thanks to a big blocking high pressure system sitting over ...
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400km line of severe thunderstorms lashing southwest WA
Ashleigh Madden, 02-MayA line of severe thunderstorms is moving onshore towards the southwest of WA, which could produce heavy rainfall and large hail on Thursday morning. ...
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A very wet weekend ahead for NSW
Ashleigh Madden, 01-MayRainfall is set to intensify over the weekend and early next week, with hundreds of millimetres in just three days possible across parts of the central...
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Adelaide's driest February-to-April in 101 years
Ben Domensino, 01-MayAdelaide just had one of its driest February-to-April periods on record as stubborn high pressure continues to shield southern Australia from autumn ra...
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Rain arrives in Perth after driest seven months on record
Ben Domensino, 30-AprPerth just registered its driest October-to-April period on record despite a welcome burst of rain on Tuesday. Summer and the surrounding month...
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Australia's tropical cyclone season in satellite images
Ben Domensino, 30-AprImages captured by the Himawari-9 satellite over the past six months show the entire 2023-24 Australian tropical cyclone season in all its glory from s...
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Ruang volcano eruption causes explosion of lightning
Ben Domensino, 30-AprIndonesia’s Ruang volcano erupted early on Tuesday morning, sending a towering column of ash and lightning high into the night sky. After a per...
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NSW soaking has begun
Ashleigh Madden, 30-AprRain has begun falling across parts of NSW and it is here to stay for a while, with the potential for hundreds of millimetres to fall along the central...
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Decent rain en route to bone-dry southwest WA
Ashleigh Madden, 29-AprWelcome rain is coming to the parched southwest WA this week, possibly including Perth and Bunbury which are both having their driest 7 months on recor...
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Wet week ahead for eastern and southwestern Australia
Ben Domensino, 29-AprRain and thunderstorms will soak parts of eastern and southwestern Australia this week, bringing drought relief in WA and a risk of flooding in NSW. ...
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A quick look at our water storages
Stephen King, 28-AprGiven the largely clear skies across the country today, it’s a good opportunity to take a look at the water storages of Australia’s major c...
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Signs indicating Australia's cool season arrival
Quincy Tut, 27-AprMere hours after our Total Lightning Network went quiet over the Australian continent, the Himawari satellite captured a clear, textbook snapshot of th...
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Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro surf forecast
Felix Levesque, 27-AprAfter an emotional mid-year cut at the Margaret River Pro surf competition in Western Australia last week, surfers that fell below the cut line, along ...
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