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Aurora australis possible on Friday night, cloud and moonlight permitting
Ben Domensino, 07-NovThe colourful aurora australis may become visible from southern parts of Australia on Friday night following a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun...
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Dramatic NSW temperature drop this weekend
Anthony Sharwood, 07-NovNew South Wales is set for a weekend of dramatically contrasting temperatures as an approaching cold front causes a surge of warmth followed by an unse...
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Melbourne will feel colder than 8°C for most of Saturday
Anthony Sharwood, 06-NovA burst of very cold air for this time of year will chill Melbourne on Saturday after a brief outbreak of warmth on Friday. Friday's predicted top in...
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WA registers 1.5 million lightning pulses in two days
Ben Domensino, 06-NovA massive amount of lightning has occurred over Western Australia during the last 48 hours as a low pressure system caused widespread thunderstorms acr...
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Rain and severe storms lash southern WA
Anthony Sharwood, 05-NovUnseasonable rain is falling across large parts of Western Australia this Wednesday and is set to continue into Thursday as an active cut-off low press...
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Vietnam deluge close to world record for highest daily rainfall
Ben Domensino, 05-NovA rain gauge in Vietnam registered almost 1.8 metres of rain in 24 hours last week, which is close to the current world record for the highest daily ra...
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Tropical cyclone season begins with warm oceans surrounding northern Australia
Ben Domensino, 04-NovThe 2025-26 tropical cyclone season has begun with abnormally warm oceans surrounding northern Australia, signalling an increased risk for severe tropi...
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Snowing in Victoria on Melbourne Cup Day
Anthony Sharwood, 04-NovIt’s a chilly one for those celebrating the Melbourne Cup Day public holiday outdoors on this first Tuesday in November, with snow blanketing the...
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Hottest October on record in Queensland, Northern Territory
Anthony Sharwood, 03-NovAustralia has registered its third-warmest October since national records were first kept in 1910, with Queensland and the Northern Territory recording...
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7.7 million lightning pulses over Australia in one week
Ben Domensino, 03-NovA barrage of thunderstorms battered large areas of eastern and northern Australia over the past week, producing close to 8 million lightning pulses acr...
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Lightning, hail and deluges thrashing Qld and NSW
Quincy Tut, 01-NovIt was forecast, and it eventuated. Violent thunderstorms that have brought everything from giant hail, deluges and wind gusts exceeding 100km/h are co...
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Warmest October on record for Sydney, Brisbane
Ben Domensino, 31-OctSydney and Brisbane just had their warmest October on record, despite a relatively cool end to the month. A surge of cold air caused temperatures to ...
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Late spring ice cliffs on Australian alpine creeks
Anthony Sharwood, 31-OctAustralia's iconic Snowy River didn’t earn its name without good reason. But "Icy River" would be a more accurate description right now, as hig...
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Days of severe thunderstorms ahead for Qld, NSW
Ben Domensino, 30-OctA multi-day outbreak of severe thunderstorms will hit parts of Queensland and NSW over the next six days, culminating in a huge rainband sweeping over ...
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Melbourne Cup 2025 weather: Rain and wintry temperatures in Melbourne on Monday, Tuesday
Anthony Sharwood, 30-OctRain is heading Melbourne’s way for the famous first Tuesday in November when the Melbourne Cup is run at Flemington Racecourse, with conditions ...
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Why was Hurricane Melissa so strong when it hit Jamaica?
Ben Domensino, 29-OctHurricane Melissa became the strongest hurricane on record to strike Jamaica when it made landfall as a ferocious category 5 system on Tuesday. Melis...
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Brisbane’s wettest day since Cyclone Alfred
Anthony Sharwood, 29-OctHeavy rain has fallen across southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales, with numerous locations receiving more than 100mm in the 24 hours to 9...
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Rain and thunderstorms hitting eastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 28-OctWidespread rain and thunderstorm activity will affect Queensland and NSW over the next two days, with severe thunderstorms possible in both states. I...
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Sub-zero temperatures in five states, five weeks out from summer
Anthony Sharwood, 28-OctUnseasonably cold temperatures were recorded across the southeast of the country on Tuesday morning, with some locations in Victoria recording their co...
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