Potential tropical cyclone threatens Queensland: Heavy rain, damaging winds expected this weekend
Heavy rain and damaging winds are likely to affect parts of eastern Qld this weekend as a potential tropical cyclone hits the state’s northeast coast.
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Heavy rain and damaging winds are likely to affect parts of eastern Qld this weekend as a potential tropical cyclone hits the state’s northeast coast.
Authorities have issued total fire bans across parts of Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales on Friday, with intense heat and blustery winds likely to cause catastrophic fire danger in four Victorian districts.
Western Australia has endured blisteringly hot temperatures this week, with the state setting a new high minimum temperature record on Wednesday morning before getting close to 50°C in the afternoon.
Friday will be a dangerous day for fires in Victoria, with hot and windy weather to cause catastrophic fire danger ratings in the state’s north and west.
An extremely hot air mass is spreading across Australia this week, causing temperatures to soar into the high forties in some areas.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jenna is gaining strength to the northwest of Australia, continuing an unusually active start to the 2025-26 cyclone season for the Australian region.
An extreme heatwave will affect multiple Australian states between Wednesday and Saturday this week.
A burst of monsoonal rain will bring further heavy rain to parts of Queensland from later this week, with potential for a Coral Sea tropical cyclone to form by this weekend.
Intense heat is currently building over Western Australia and this hot air mass will shift slowly eastward this week, with temperatures possibly reaching 40 degrees in Adelaide and Melbourne midweek.
An extremely hot air mass will spread across Australia next week, with temperatures expected to reach the mid-to-high 40s in parts of four states.
Australia’s mean temperature was more than 1.