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Wettest September day in 37 years at Cairns Airport in unseasonable N Qld deluge
Anthony Sharwood, 17-SepExtremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of North Queensland, with the highest 24-hour total to 9am Wednesday of 379mm recorded at the Topaz weather st...
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AFL Preliminary Finals weather: rain Friday, cold Saturday at the MCG
Anthony Sharwood, 17-SepMelbourne will turn on its classic "four seasons in a day" weather in the 24-hour window during which the two AFL preliminary finals will take place at...
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NSW shaken by three earthquakes in nine hours
Ben Domensino, 16-SepThree separate earthquakes were detected across NSW on Monday night into Tuesday morning, with reports of shaking coming in from the coast to the state...
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Melbourne activates its 'rain shield', dodging moisture from the northwest
Anthony Sharwood, 16-SepMelbourne locals hoping for the first decent soaking of the 2025 spring would have been disappointed after rain dodged most suburbs overnight, with no ...
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Negative Indian Ocean Dipole underway – here's what it means for Australia
Ben Domensino, 15-SepA negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event is now underway, increasing the likelihood of above average rain over large parts of Australia in the coming...
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Severe weather warnings in five states in warm, windy start to the week
Anthony Sharwood, 15-SepMaximum temperatures in the low-to-mid-twenties can be expected for all southeastern capital cities this Monday, as a surge of warm air from the interi...
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Wet and windy weekend for the west
Angus Konta, 14-SepAustralia’s southwest corner is currently under the influence of a pair of winter-like cold fronts sweeping across the region, with a broad area ...
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Spring warmth to spread across Australia's southeast
Tim Woebbeking, 13-SepSpringtime warmth is expected across southeast Australia early next week, with all capitals across the southeast expected to reach the 20s on Monday. ...
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An avalanche and an unusual Aussie snowfall
Anthony Sharwood, 12-SepThere's still a healthy snow depth of almost two metres at the highest reaches of the Australian alpine region as we near the end of the second week of...
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La Niña more likely this year after BoM switches to new index
Ben Domensino, 11-SepThe likelihood of La Niña occurring in 2025 has increased due to a change in the way the Bureau of Meteorology calculates sea surface temperatur...
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Sydney's wettest September day in 146 years
Anthony Sharwood, 11-SepSydney, Canberra and Wollongong have all had their wettest day of 2025, while Sydney’s total of 122mm in the 24 hours to 9am Thursday was the cit...
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Tornado observed near Young, NSW
Anthony Sharwood, 10-SepA tornado has been observed near the town of Young on the South West Slopes of New South Wales around 3:30pm on Wednesday afternoon, as severe thunders...
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Wild night of rain, wind and surf coming for Sydney and surrounds
Felix Levesque, 10-SepIntense and disruptive thunderstorms, rain, strong winds and large surf will develop along eastern NSW later today, bringing localised areas of floodin...
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Southern Hemisphere's polar vortex is weakening – here's what this means for Australia
Ben Domensino, 09-SepStratospheric warming high above Antarctica could cause the Southern Hemisphere’s polar vortex to weaken at an unusually fast pace over the comin...
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Vast area of booming outback storms
Anthony Sharwood, 09-SepA dynamic few days of Australian weather has kicked off with thunderstorms and wild wind gusts across a huge part of the country’s interior. Nu...
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Sydney swelters in 30°C
Anthony Sharwood, 08-SepSydney Airport reached 30.1°C at 1:40pm on Monday, just eight days after winter, as a surge of early spring warmth baked the east coast in a bluste...
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Spring see-saw brings wildly fluctuating temperatures
Anthony Sharwood, 08-SepAt 3am on Monday morning, Hobart was a very balmy 15.3°C, just a few days after its daily maximum twice fell short of 11 degrees. That’s just...
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Severe storms and wind threaten SE Australia
Brett Dutschke, 07-SepSevere thunderstorms and damaging winds are carving their way across Australia's southeast this Sunday, prompting multiple warnings in at least three s...
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Winter's done but wet WA still soaking in it
Brett Dutschke, 06-SepThis winter has been a good season rain wise for much of Western Australia's west and south, and spring is off to a wet start with widespread showers. ...
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Northwest cloudband to soak Australia next week
Ben Domensino, 05-SepA large band of rain will spread across Australia from this weekend into the first half of next week as a surge of tropical moisture interacts with a s...
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Warmest weekend in months for millions of Australians
Anthony Sharwood, 05-SepA burst of early spring warmth will spread across the southeast of the country this weekend, ensuring the warmest weekend in many months in the most he...
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Heavy spring snow paints Tasmania white
Anthony Sharwood, 04-SepHeavy snow fell overnight to low levels across Tasmania and continues to fall this Thursday as a polar airmass sweeps across our southernmost state. ...
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Blustery wind, rain and storms to hit WA
Ben Domensino, 04-SepA burst of winter-like weather will spread over southwestern Australia on Friday and Saturday, causing areas of heavy rain, thunderstorms and gale-forc...
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Negative Indian Ocean Dipole a near-certainty to develop
Joel Pippard, 03-SepA negative Indian Ocean Dipole event is a near certainty to develop in 2025 as both the oceans and atmosphere show strong signs of coupling. What is ...
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First burst of spring warmth for southern capitals
Anthony Sharwood, 03-SepMaximum temperatures in the twenties are forecast for at least one day this coming weekend in Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra and Sydney as north...
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Sydney's wettest winter in 18 years
Ben Domensino, 02-SepAn exceptionally wet August caused Sydney to register its wettest winter in almost two decades, with the city nearly doubling its average rainfall for ...
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Australian snow season cracks the 2-metre mark
Anthony Sharwood, 01-SepHeavy snowfalls in the last week of winter have led to a snow base exceeding two metres in the highest parts of the Australian alpine region for the fi...
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Cold, crisp start for Sydney Marathon 2025
Corine Brown, 31-AugSydney Marathon 2025 got off to a chilly start this morning, but the rest of the day is shaping up to be a cracker for those hopefuls looking to finish...
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Gusty polar blast turns southeast Australia snow white
Corine Brown, 30-AugSki resorts in Tasmania and on the mainland are celebrating a bumper snowstorm this weekend, as a frigid airmass originating in Antarctica was pushed n...
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Antarctic air to bring low-level snow in southeastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 29-AugAn air mass with polar origins will cause snow to reach low levels in southeastern Australia during the next two days as several states shiver through ...
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Rare tornado warning in Adelaide as storms, powerful winds slam SA
Ben Domensino, 29-AugA tornado warning was issued in northern Adelaide on Friday morning as violent thunderstorms passed over the city and nearby Mount Lofty Ranges. Seve...
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Northern WA and Southeast Australia face elevated fire risk this spring
Joel Pippard, 28-AugThe latest seasonal bushfire outlook from Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) warns of elevated fire risk for northern Wes...
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Days of damaging winds ahead for southeastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 28-AugDamaging winds will batter large areas of southern and southeastern Australia over the next few days, with gusts likely to exceed 100 km/h in at least ...
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Massive real-time temperature contrasts across Australia
Anthony Sharwood, 27-AugAustralia is always a land of weather contrasts, and especially as late winter merges into early spring, but this week we should see real-time temperat...
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Biggest, coldest blizzard of the season about to hit the alps
Anthony Sharwood, 26-AugIn what has been a reasonably good snow season in higher parts of the Australian Alps, a huge multi-day blizzard is about to strike, delivering potenti...
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Rain arriving where it is desperately needed in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
Anthony Sharwood, 26-AugA rainband is crossing southeastern Australia this Tuesday morning, and while it’s only delivering moderate rainfall totals, it’s just the ...
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Rain, wind and snow to hit several Australian states this week
Ben Domensino, 25-AugA series of powerful cold fronts and low pressure systems will cause multiple rounds of rain, blustery winds and snow across a broad area of Australia ...
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Wild WA weather as Perth faces coldest day of winter 2025
Anthony Sharwood, 25-AugA strong cold front is roaring through Western Australia’s South West Land Division this Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and frigid tem...
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When will the Fiji surf pro finals day happen
Felix Levesque, 25-AugThe final event of the 2025 surfing world tour will be run on a single day at Cloudbreak, in Fiji, in the coming two weeks, what waves will be on offer...
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On this day August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew impacts southern Florida
Craig Mitchell, 24-AugHurricane Andrew, one of the most powerful and devastating hurricanes to affect the United States, made landfall over southern Florida 33 years ago.&nb...
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Short-lived typhoon to develop in the West Pacific
Maryam Al-Ansari, 23-AugTropical Storm Kajiki (Isang) is the 23rd tropical depression in the Pacific region in 2025, and the 14th to develop into at least a tropical stor...
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Sydney on verge of third wettest August on record
Ben Domensino, 22-AugA week of relentless rain has put Sydney on the brink of having its third wettest August in 168 years of records. Persistent onshore winds feeding in...
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The key factor behind the relentless NSW rain
Anthony Sharwood, 21-AugNew South Wales has been relentlessly wet this week, continuing a soggy August where Sydney has seen rain on all but five days to date – includin...
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Sydney's wettest August day in almost two decades
Anthony Sharwood, 21-AugSydney has endured its wettest day of a very soggy year, after 82.4mm of rain was recorded in the 24 hours to 9am Thursday – more than the entire...
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Relentless NSW rain to intensify before drying trend sets in
Anthony Sharwood, 20-AugOngoing heavy rain is highly likely in Sydney and other parts of coastal NSW for the rest of the working week, but from the weekend onwards, a welcome ...
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Negative IOD gaining strength ahead of wet spring in Australia
Ben Domensino, 20-AugOne of Australia’s key climate drivers is gaining strength over the Indian Ocean, firming up the odds of a wet spring for large parts of the coun...
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Burst of flooding monsoonal rain to surge north over India
Felix Levesque, 19-AugA surge of monsoonal winds and rain across northern India will top up an already plentiful monsoon season. The Indian Southwest Monsoon to date The...
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Cold front slams the southwest with wind, rain, storms
Anthony Sharwood, 19-AugA vigorous cold front is unleashing wild wintry weather on the southwest corner of WA, with storms, heavy showers and strong wind gusts battering the r...
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Yet another wet week for eastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 18-AugRelentless rain will soak already sodden areas of eastern Australia this week, with flooding becoming an increasing risk in NSW from Wednesday. This ...
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Australia's coldest night of the year by more than three degrees
Anthony Sharwood, 18-AugWith an overnight minimum of a bone-chilling -13.2°C, Thredbo Top Station just registered Australia's coldest night of 2025 to date by more than th...
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WA braces for more wet weather
Aline Ribeiro, 17-AugA cold front will cross southwest Western Australia on Tuesday, bringing severe thunderstorms, showers, and locally heavy rainfall, followed by a cold ...
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Erin becomes the first hurricane of the 2025 North Atlantic Season
Angus Konta, 16-AugHurricane Erin located east of the eastern Caribbean islands, has being slowly gathering strength in the last few days as it tracks west through the tr...
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First extreme fire danger rating of the season for Darwin
Felix Levesque, 15-AugIncreased fire danger across parts of northern Australia, including Darwin, comes with a surge of hot and dry winds from the interior. 75 days withou...
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More rain to soak eastern Australia next week
Ben Domensino, 15-AugA broad area of eastern Australia could see rain every day next week, with potential for heavy falls and flooding along populated parts of the east coa...
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Significant weekend snowfalls to boost Aussie ski season
Anthony Sharwood, 14-AugThe first significant snow-bearing system of August 2025 will develop over the Australian alpine region on Friday and into the weekend, providing a muc...
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Winter storms to hit eastern Australia on Thursday
Ben Domensino, 14-AugThunderstorms producing rain, hail and lightning are likely to develop over parts of Queensland and NSW on Thursday. Winter is a quiet time for thund...
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Perth approaching winter rainfall streak not seen in 3 decades
Anthony Sharwood, 13-AugFor the first time since 1996, Perth is facing the strong likelihood of rainfall totals that exceed the long-term average in each of the three months o...
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Wet spring on the way for large parts of Australia
Ben Domensino, 12-AugAbnormally warm oceans surrounding Australia and a developing negative Indian Ocean Dipole will increase the likelihood of abnormally wet weather acros...
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Rainband stretches the entire length of Victoria
Anthony Sharwood, 12-AugA rainband associated with a cold front stretches the full length of Victoria from north to south as it crosses the state this Tuesday, bringing welcom...
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Sydney’s wettest August weekend since 1998
Felix Levesque, 11-AugSydney’s soggiest August weekend in nearly three decades adds onto an already well above average month of rain as moist onshore winds stream into...
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A drizzly City2Surf will be one to remember
Quincy Tut, 10-AugThe annual running event bringing Sydneysiders together has brought over $3.6 million in donations across 600 charities including over 90,000 participa...
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Rain to the left of me, storms to the right
James Wall, 09-AugA trough developed across central NSW and Queensland later on Friday, fueled by an upper pool of cool air. This set off widespread showers and isolated...
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Sydney's wettest August in 9 years to get even wetter this weekend
Ben Domensino, 08-AugThere has only been one completely dry day in Sydney so far this month and the city will see more wet weather this weekend, continuing its wettest Augu...
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Wet weekend for east and west coasts
Anthony Sharwood, 08-AugThe southwest corner of Western Australia and a lengthy stretch of Australia’s east coast can expect a wet weekend, with two distinct weather sys...
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New Zealand enduring a miserable snow season
Anthony Sharwood, 07-AugWhile the Australian snow season is humming along nicely at our higher ski resorts, things are considerably worse across the Tasman Sea in New Zealand....
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Vast northwest cloudband to fuel cool, rainy weather
Anthony Sharwood, 06-AugLike a huge sash across the chest of mainland Australia, a vast northwest cloudband stretching from the Indian Ocean to New South Wales is the dominant...
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Positive Southern Annular Mode emerging – here's what it means for Australia
Ben Domensino, 06-AugA strong positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is about to occur in the Southern Hemisphere, increasing the likelihood of wet weather in ea...
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'Black Moon' to occur above Australia this month
Ben Domensino, 05-AugAn astronomical phenomenon known as a black moon will occur in the sky above Australia later this month. Earth’s moon changes its appearance th...
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Why Sydney awoke to dense fog
Anthony Sharwood, 05-AugThick fog across the Sydney basin on Tuesday morning has caused ferry services to be delayed or cancelled, flights to be diverted, and created hazardou...
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Wild weekend as rain, wind and waves pummel eastern NSW
Felix Levesque, 04-AugPowerful swell and intense rainfall and snow impacted eastern NSW over the weekend as a vigorous low pressure system moved off the coast. Satellite i...
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Darwin sizzles while Hobart shivers
James Wall, 03-AugAustralia is a land of extremes. At this time of year, you can be baking in the north and shivering in the south. Nowhere is this contrast more apparen...
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Heavy snow blankets NSW Northern Tablelands
Anthony Sharwood, 02-AugSome of the heaviest snowfalls in years have turned the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales into a white, wintry landscape more reminiscent of the S...
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Parts of cloud-blanketed Queensland register coldest day in years
Quincy Tut, 02-AugA beautiful display of altocumulus undulatus clouds were seen above the Brisbane area on Thursday, July 31st, marking the far southeastern edge of a je...
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South Australia's wettest July in 27 years
Anthony Sharwood, 01-AugAfter a period of prolonged rainfall deficiencies, large parts of South Australia have finally enjoyed a much wetter-than-average month, with July 2025...
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Cold, wet weekend ahead for parts of eastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 01-AugA wintry mix of rain, wind and large waves will affect parts of eastern Australia this weekend, with a chance of snow in elevated areas of northern NSW...
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Coldest Sydney day in over a year as eastern NSW rain sets in
Anthony Sharwood, 31-JulWith a maximum of just 12.5°C on Wednesday, Sydney shivered through its coldest day in more than a year. Unusually, the maximum occurred just bef...
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Rare prospect of snowfalls in seven Australian states this week
Anthony Sharwood, 30-JulBursts of wintry weather are chilling large parts of Australia this week, with snowfalls already recorded in four states and one territory, and two mor...
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Intense complex low to pummel eastern Australia this weekend
Felix Levesque, 30-JulHeavy rain, strong winds and powerful waves will hit eastern NSW this weekend as an intense complex low rapidly intensifies off the coast. An area of...
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The Indian Ocean Dipole plunges into negative IOD territory
Felix Levesque, 29-JulThe Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index has dropped below –0.4°C – the critical threshold for a negative IOD event if sustained. Could Aust...
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Deepest July snowpack in a decade at Victoria's highest ski resort
Anthony Sharwood, 29-JulThe 2025 Australian snow season continues to reach new heights, with Victoria’s highest ski resort Mt Hotham currently boasting a snow depth of 1...
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Cold week ahead for Australia with rain looming for east coast
Ben Domensino, 28-JulA cold Southern Ocean air mass will spread across Australia this week, causing a run of wintry days and nights for much of the country before possibly ...
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Perth's wettest day in more than a year
Anthony Sharwood, 28-JulSignificant rain has fallen across the southwest of WA, with Perth recording 41mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, making it the city's wettest day in ju...
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Severe thunderstorms strike WA’s southwest ahead of subpolar air mass
Yoska Hernandez, 27-JulA significant trough and cold front impacting southwestern WA today, Sunday 27th July, sparked a burst of severe thunderstorms earlier this morning, br...
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Colossal low pressure system grips eastern Australia
Yoska Hernandez, 26-JulA colossal low pressure system—nearly half the size of the Australian mainland—is gripping central and eastern Australia. Spanning around 3...
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Rainband spreading across Australia – here's what to expect this weekend
Ben Domensino, 25-JulA low pressure system is causing a massive band of rain to spread across Australia this week, with this wet and windy weather set to continue into the ...
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Polar blast sends shivers across WA
Ben Domensino, 25-JulParts of Western Australia have just shivered through their coldest weather in years as a polar air mass spread across the state. The satellite image...
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Tornadic thunderstorm hits Perth as huge rainband builds over Australia
Ben Domensino, 24-JulA powerful cold front that produced a tornadic thunderstorm in Perth on Wednesday night is now causing a massive rainband to build over Australia. Se...
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Widespread rain about to soak Australia
Ben Domensino, 23-JulA massive northwest cloudband is about to spread rain across about 80 percent of Australia, including much-needed falls in drought-affected areas of so...
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Destructive winds hit SE Australia as rain spreads to NSW, Queensland
Ben Domensino, 22-JulA powerful surge of winds caused destructive gusts in parts of Victoria on Tuesday morning, with more dangerous weather on the way for parts of southea...
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Series of cold fronts bring coldest day of the year yet for southwest WA
Felix Levesque, 22-JulParts of southwestern Australia endured their coldest day in 3-6 years on Monday following the passage of a cold front, with another burst of cold air ...
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Rain to soak every Australian state this week
Ben Domensino, 21-JulA series of strong cold fronts will cause widespread rain across Australia this week, along with periods of damaging winds, thunderstorms and snow in m...
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Typhoon Wipha sideswipes Hong Kong and southern China
Felix Levesque, 21-JulIntense flooding rainfall, powerful winds and large waves impacted Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha crossed the region. The si...
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Sydney's coldest morning in years
Tim Woebbeking, 20-JulExtremely cold temperatures were observed in Sydney and across Greater Western Sydney this morning, with many locations shivering through their coldest...
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Tasmania braces for powerful winds
Tim Woebbeking, 19-JulA strong cold front will pass over Tasmania today, bringing with it intense north to northwesterly winds as well as rain and isolated thunderstorms. Th...
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Prolonged cold wet spell for southwest WA
Anthony Sharwood, 18-JulPerth and the whole of Western Australia’s South West Land Division is facing a spell of heavy showers and chilly temperatures lasting several da...
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Deepest July Australian snowpack in four years
Anthony Sharwood, 18-JulIt has been a mediocre week for snowfalls in the Australian mainland alpine region, but despite only minor top-ups since last weekend, the snow depth i...
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Another relatively dry cold front teases Victoria
Anthony Sharwood, 17-JulThe cooler months are when large parts of Victoria can expect their most consistent rainfall of the year, but it’s fair to say that the first hal...
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Powerful swells sweeping across Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific
Felix Levesque, 17-JulHuge Southern Ocean swells generated by a series of cold fronts are bearing down on three of Australia's coastlines, and parts of Indonesia and the Pac...
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Rare twin sets of 'morning glory' clouds over Gulf of Carpentaria
Anthony Sharwood, 16-JulSatellite imagery has captured a rare case of twin sets of "morning glory" clouds rolling across the Gulf of Carpentaria in different directions on Wed...
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Snowy week in Tasmania with three cold fronts on the horizon
Ben Domensino, 15-JulA series of cold fronts will deliver multiple rounds of snow, blustery winds and rain in Tasmania this week. The middle of July is the middle of wint...
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