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Boomerang Errol: tropical system could have Kimberley homecoming
Maryam Al-Ansari, 13-AprA tropical low which developed over the Timor Sea late last week is forecast to intensify into Tropical Cyclone Errol tomorrow, Monday 14th. Over the n...
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'Pink moon' to illuminate Australia this weekend
Quincy Tut, 12-AprThey call it the 'pink moon', though unless you use your imagination, it won't actually appear pink. The full moon we see in our skies specifically dur...
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Tropical cyclone to form near WA
Ben Domensino, 11-AprA tropical cyclone is likely to form off the north coast of WA in a matter of days, with signs that it could become a severe tropical cyclone next week...
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Mid-autumn hot spell for Melbourne, Adelaide
Anthony Sharwood, 11-AprSignificant mid-autumn heat is heading the way of southeastern Australia this weekend, with Melbourne and Adelaide the main capital cities set to be af...
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High chance of tropical cyclone near Australia next week
Ben Domensino, 10-AprA late-season tropical cyclone could form near northern Australia next week, which would make this Australia’s most active cyclone season in six ...
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Why is Easter so late this year?
Anthony Sharwood, 10-AprEaster 2025 is significantly later than usual with Good Friday on April 18 and Easter Sunday occurring on April 20. Here’s why. Easter is linke...
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Equatorial Rossby wave brings increased tropical cyclone risk to northern Australia
Felix Levesque, 09-AprA pulse in a lesser-known tropical wave will bring increased risk of tropical cyclone activity over northern Australia in the coming week. What are t...
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Watch desert floodwaters gushing towards Lake Eyre
Anthony Sharwood, 08-AprSpectacular animated satellite imagery shows the movement of floodwaters from outback Queensland towards South Australia, with the waters bound for the...
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Major flood arrives at Birdsville
Ben Domensino, 08-AprBirdsville is experiencing one of its biggest floods in decades after the Diamantina River rose by nearly four metres in 24 hours, causing major floodi...
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Strong positive SAM influencing Australia's weather – here's what to expect
Ben Domensino, 07-AprThis week’s weather patterns across Australia will be influenced by a strong positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM), increasing the likelihood of r...
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Early taste of winter for SE Australia
Anthony Sharwood, 07-AprSnow fell in Tasmania, while elevated parts of the southeastern mainland experienced subzero temperatures as a pair of cold fronts crossed Tasmania ove...
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27 days of rain: Townsville's longest run of recorded rain days in over three decades
Yoska Hernandez, 06-AprA few days ago, we explored why Queensland has been so drenched this March, with the state experiencing its third-wettest March on record. This deluge ...
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Damaging winds in Perth topple trees and reroute flights
Yoska Hernandez, 05-AprA noteworthy easterly wind event occurred across southwest WA from Friday into Saturday morning, triggering the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to issue wa...
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Twin cold fronts bringing snow to Tasmania this weekend
Ben Domensino, 04-AprA burst of wintry weather will hit Tasmania this weekend, delivering a mix of snow, small hail, rain and blustery winds. A pair of cold fronts will s...
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Clouds clear to reveal immense scale of Queensland flooding
Ben Domensino, 03-AprSatellites have captured spectacular images of the massive floods currently affecting southwest Queensland, revealing water stretching thousands of kil...
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Daylight saving ends: how to remember which way to turn your clocks
Anthony Sharwood, 03-AprDo you turn your clocks forwards or backwards at 3am this Sunday, April 6, in the Australian states and territories where daylight saving ends (NSW, AC...
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Why Queensland has been getting all the rain
Felix Levesque, 03-AprMultiple flooding events have occurred in Queensland since the start of 2025, but why? Last month was Australia’s hottest and 4th-wettest March...
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How a West Australian cyclone saturated Queensland
Anthony Sharwood, 02-AprHeavy rain and flood warnings are in the news again today in Queensland – including in Brisbane and the heavily populated southeast corner of the...
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Damaging surf battering NSW coast
Ben Domensino, 02-AprA powerful swell produced by a bombing low pressure system over the Tasman Sea is causing damaging surf and erosion along the NSW coast today, includin...
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Australia's hottest and 4th-wettest March on record
Anthony Sharwood, 01-AprWith nationwide average temperatures that were 2.41°C above the long-term average, Australia has registered its hottest March since national record...
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Normally dry creek now 60 km wide
Anthony Sharwood, 01-AprCreeks and rivers in southwest Queensland have spread across the landscape carrying floodwaters from last week’s heavy outback rain – with ...
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Powerful bombing Tasman Low brings large waves to NSW
Felix Levesque, 31-MarA powerful Tasman Low spinning off Australia’s East Coast is whipping up large waves along coastal NSW. A low pressure trough that slowly made ...
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Flood alerts stretch 3000km across Australia – more rain on the way
Ben Domensino, 31-MarThe remnants of Tropical Cyclone Dianne will spread rain over a broad area of central and eastern Australia this week, dumping more water into already ...
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Damaging winds rip through NSW coast
Angus Konta, 30-MarResidents of eastern NSW have not experienced great outdoor weather this weekend, but Saturday night turned it up a notch, as damaging winds and heavy ...
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Cyclone Dianne delivers damaging gusts to WA Kimberley
James Wall, 29-MarTropical Cyclone Dianne has made landfall during the early hours of Saturday morning along Western Australia's Kimberley coast, bringing with it strong...
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12 hours of relentless rainfall in Mackay
Anthony Sharwood, 28-MarThe city of Mackay is the latest place in Queensland to receive sustained heavy rainfall, with over 100mm falling in the 12 hours from midnight Thursda...
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Kimberley on flood alert as potential tropical cyclone looms
Ben Domensino, 28-MarHeavy rain is likely to cause flash flooding over parts of the Kimberley district in the far north of WA this weekend as a potential tropical cyclone c...
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South Korea's largest wildfires on satellite
Felix Levesque, 28-MarDeadly wildfires have burnt across South Korea's southeast since last weekend, claiming the lives of at least 28 people and displacing nearly 40,000. ...
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Heavy rain to spread to New South Wales
Anthony Sharwood, 27-MarHeavy rain is spreading from Queensland into New South Wales, as a deep feed of tropical moisture tracks southwards, drawn into a broad low pressure tr...
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Relentless rain plaguing flood-weary Queensland
Ben Domensino, 27-MarMarch started with Tropical Cyclone Alfred soaking southeast Queensland and is ending with a major flooding event unfolding in the state’s west. ...
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Tropical Cyclone Courtney has developed northwest of WA
Felix Levesque, 26-MarTropical Cyclone Courtney, currently a Category 1 system, developed in the early morning of Wednesday, March 26, marking the eighth tropical cyclone of...
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Record March rain for iconic outback town
Anthony Sharwood, 26-MarWinton – a Central West Queensland town that is home to 850 people and two iconic pieces of Australiana – is having its wettest March in mo...
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Record-challenging wave periods detected off Sydney
Ben Domensino, 25-MarA rare 22 second wave period was detected off the coast of Sydney on Tuesday morning as an energetic long-range swell produced by ferocious polar winds...
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Rare sight as the whole of Queensland covered in cloud
Anthony Sharwood, 25-MarIt’s not often that virtually the entire state of Queensland is cloud-covered, but that's what the satellite image revealed on Monday afternoon a...
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Perth facing hottest late-March spell on record
Anthony Sharwood, 24-MarPerth is set for a potentially record-breaking hot spell as a heatwave bakes western and southern WA this week, while its run of warm overnight tempera...
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Outback deluge to cause months of flooding
Ben Domensino, 24-MarAn entire year’s worth of rain could fall over western Queensland this week, producing widespread flooding that could last for months and affect ...
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Intense rain and storms flooding Australia's interior
Brett Dutschke, 23-MarParts of Central Australia are awash in the heaviest rain and storms in years, leading to flooding which has the potential to become widespread. For ...
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Dry outback town cruelly teased by nearby rain and storms
Brett Dutschke, 22-MarRecently there's been a lot of talk about South Australia finally ending a long dry spell with some welcome rain but it has been far from widespread - ...
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Perth to experience late-season heatwave not seen for 40 years
Ben Domensino, 21-MarPerth is set to endure a prolonged spell of abnormally hot March weather next week, with the city on track to register its hottest five-day spell in 40...
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Toxic algal bloom off South Australia
Felix Levesque, 21-MarA bloom of toxic algae off South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula has caused marine life fatalities as well as respiratory symptoms amongst surfers and b...
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March equinox has arrived – here's what to expect
Ben Domensino, 20-MarThe 2025 March equinox has arrived, marking the Sun’s transition to the Northern Hemisphere sky as the Southern Hemisphere embarks on six months ...
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Coober Pedy has had more rain than Adelaide this year
Anthony Sharwood, 20-MarIt took just 7.4mm of rain on Wednesday afternoon to push the running rainfall total for 2025 in the iconic outback opal town of Coober Pedy above Adel...
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Long period swell impacts NSW
Felix Levesque, 19-MarA series of very long period swells will bring deceptively powerful waves to NSW's coastline. A very active period with powerful low pressure systems...
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Heaviest rain in 27 years inundates Townsville
Anthony Sharwood, 19-MarA night of relentless rainfall has left parts of Townsville underwater, with 24-hour rainfall totals which were the highest in 27 years. In the 24 ho...
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Tropical cyclone potential increasing near Australia
Ben Domensino, 18-MarAustralia's tropics will be invigorated by a pulse of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) this week, increasing the risk of tropical cyclone activity n...
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Yet another North Queensland deluge
Anthony Sharwood, 18-MarExtremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of northern Queensland, with plenty more to come. In the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, rainfall totals approachin...
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Sunday Gusty Sunday - weather extremes ahead for southeast Australia
Corine Brown, 18-MarA vigorous cold front crossing the nation's southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania while...
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How cold winds in Hong Kong spawn monsoonal rain and tropical cyclones around Australia
Felix Levesque, 17-MarEast Asia experienced significant drops in temperatures this weekend, which could lead to flooding rainfall over Indonesia and tropical cyclones in the...
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Temperature yo-yo for southeast Australia
Anthony Sharwood, 17-MarWildly fluctuating temperatures will continue this week in the most populated corner of the country, after a burst of extreme weekend heat was followed...
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Sydney's hottest March night in 110 years
Joel Pippard, 16-MarSydney has sweated through its hottest March night in 110 years, after the mercury stayed above 25.9°C during the night. Sydney Observatory Hil...
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Sunday Gusty Sunday - weather extremes ahead for southeast Australia
Corine Brown, 15-MarA vigorous cold front crossing the nation's southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania while...
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No significant rain relief for parched SA
Anthony Sharwood, 14-MarThere's no shortage of images showing how desperately dry southern and eastern parts of South Australia have been lately. For example, here’s a...
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Heaviest rain in years soaks southern WA as storms slam Perth
Ben Domensino, 14-MarA cut off low pressure system has delivered the heaviest rain in more than a decade in parts of southwestern Australia and unleashed severe thunderstor...
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Intense burst of autumn heat to scorch NSW, Victoria and SA
Felix Levesque, 14-MarA sweltering inland air mass will filter across southeastern Australia on Sunday, bringing scorching autumn heat. This heat will be drawn from ...
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Australia registers 5 months of record-breaking ocean temperatures
Ben Domensino, 13-MarThe Australian region has set new sea surface temperature records on each of the past five months, with the oceans around Australia expected to stay ab...
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Temperatures to plummet in autumn cold snap
Anthony Sharwood, 13-MarThe coming weekend heat will seem like a distant memory by early next week across Tasmania and the southeast mainland, as a cold front ushers in autumn...
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Scorching autumn weekend in four capital cities
Anthony Sharwood, 12-MarSydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra will all reach the mid-thirties this weekend, with temperatures nudging 40°C in the suburbs of Sydney, Mel...
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Rain and storms to increase over northern Australia
Ben Domensino, 11-MarA late-season surge of tropical moisture will cause an increase in rain and thunderstorms over northern Australia in mid-to-late March, along with an e...
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Dry lightning outbreak sparks multiple fires
Anthony Sharwood, 11-MarA trough crossing southern SA has sparked as many as 40 bushfires due to a combination of dry lightning and parched countryside experiencing ongoing se...
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Alfred delivers one metre of rain in five days
Ben Domensino, 10-MarRainfall observations from the past five days have revealed that parts of southeast Queensland received more than one metre of rain during Tropical Cyc...
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Brisbane's wettest day in half a century
Anthony Sharwood, 10-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low on Saturday morning, but extremely heavy rain associated with the system has continued to lash...
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Torrential rain as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred marches inland
Joel Pippard, 09-MarEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall at about 8pm AEST on Saturday evening, and is now pushing inland, producing relentless heavy rain as it g...
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Relentless rain continues despite Alfred being downgraded
Ben Domensino, 08-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low on Saturday morning, although heavy rain and flooding will continue in parts of southeast Qld ...
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Another wild night ahead as Alfred approaches southeast Queensland
Ben Domensino, 07-MarHeavy rain and powerful winds will batter parts of southeast Queensland and northeast NSW on Friday night into Saturday morning as Tropical Cyclone Alf...
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Landfall won't be the end of Alfred's impacts – what to expect in the coming days
Ben Domensino, 07-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred’s severe weather will affect parts of Queensland and NSW for several days, with heavy rain and flooding to persist long a...
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Perth's first autumn 40°C in 13 years
Anthony Sharwood, 06-MarPerth reached 40.3°C this Thursday, the first time the WA capital has topped 40°C in autumn since March 12, 2012. Other suburbs and areas on ...
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What to expect from Alfred's dangerous storm tide
Ben Domensino, 06-MarCoastal areas in southeast Queensland and northeast NSW are already being hammered by huge waves and abnormally high tides, but Tropical Cyclone Alfred...
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Atmospheric gravity waves off WA coast
Anthony Sharwood, 06-MarWhile Australia's weather focus is on Tropical Cyclone Alfred just off the southeast Queensland coast, a remarkable phenomenon occurred overnight at th...
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred has slowed down – here's why that's dangerous
Ben Domensino, 05-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred slowed down on Wednesday and is now predicted to make landfall later than previously expected, which might expose parts of sout...
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NSW to feel the aftermath of Alfred this weekend
Ashleigh Madden, 05-MarWhile southeast Qld is bracing for dangerous weather from Tropical Cyclone Alfred, large areas of NSW are also expected to see heavy rain that may caus...
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Seven maps that illustrate Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Anthony Sharwood, 05-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit populated areas of southeast Queensland on Thursday night into Friday. Here are seven maps that explain its ...
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred to intensify before landfall
Ben Domensino, 05-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred, which is bearing down on Queensland’s southeast coast as a category two system, is expected to intensify before making l...
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Where will Tropical Cyclone Alfred make landfall?
Ben Domensino, 04-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit Australia’s east coast later this week, although landfall could occur anywhere along a 300km stretch o...
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Why Tropical Cyclone Alfred is about to hook a huge right turn
Anthony Sharwood, 04-MarFor the past few days, the track map for Tropical Cyclone Alfred has shown the storm steadily tracking southeast, several hundred kilometres offshore i...
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Tropical cyclone Alfred could disrupt AFL and NRL matches
Anthony Sharwood, 03-MarBoth the AFL and the NRL have matches this weekend in Brisbane as part of the opening round of both competitions, and both fixtures look likely to be i...
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Southern Australia faces high fire danger this autumn
Ashleigh Madden, 03-MarAustralia just recorded its second hottest summer, with southern Australia continuing to experience drought heightening fire risk in autumn. Th...
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Major flooding imminent as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches eastern Australia
Ben Domensino, 03-MarMore than 700 mm of rain could inundate parts of southeast Queensland and northeast NSW later this week as Tropical Cyclone Alfred makes landfall over ...
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Australia's 2nd-hottest summer on record, WA's hottest
Anthony Sharwood, 03-MarAustralia has just sweated through its second-hottest summer since national records were first kept in 1910, while it was the hottest summer on record ...
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred to make landfall over the east coast
Joel Pippard, 02-MarTropical Cyclone Alfred is now considered a high chance to push onto the southeast Queensland and northeast NSW coast this week as a category 1 or 2 st...
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Northern Australia faces record autumn heatwave
Aline Ribeiro, 02-MarTemperatures have exceeded 45°C in parts of the country during the first day of autumn, with the Northern Territory’s autumn record falling a...
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Severe Cyclone Alfred brings Dangerous Swells and High Tides
Aline Ribeiro, 01-MarSevere Tropical Cyclone Alfred (Category 3) is over Coral Sea close to Queensland coast this Saturday before moving further away from the coast during ...
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Scorching heatwave to kick off autumn in northern Australia
Ben Domensino, 28-FebTemperatures are forecast to exceed 45°C in parts of northern Australia during the opening days of autumn, possibly getting close to the country&rs...
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred edging closer to Queensland, landfall unlikely
Anthony Sharwood, 28-FebSevere Tropical Cyclone Alfred is a Category 3 system this Friday morning, after becoming as strong as Category 4 on Thursday night. The good news &n...
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Record heat for Alice Springs
Anthony Sharwood, 27-FebAutumn is almost upon us, but no one told the Central Australian weather gods, where an ongoing heatwave will likely generate the hottest autumn temper...
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred whipping up huge swell and gales
Felix Levesque, 27-FebSevere Tropical Cyclone Alfred will edge closer to the Queensland coast on the weekend, bringing huge waves and gales to large parts of the Qld and nor...
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Rare trio of tropical cyclones in South Pacific
Ben Domensino, 26-FebSatellites have captured a rare sight of three tropical cyclones spinning simultaneously over the South Pacific Ocean this week. The images below sho...
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The island that rain forgot
Anthony Sharwood, 25-FebIt's been a frustrating few months for residents of South Australia's Kangaroo Island, which is enduring its driest summer in almost 50 years. To d...
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Will Tropical Cyclone Alfred hit Queensland?
Ben Domensino, 25-FebWith Tropical Cyclone Alfred now spinning over the Coral Sea as a category two system and strengthening, many Queenslanders are asking one question: wi...
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Surge of heat for final week of summer
Anthony Sharwood, 24-FebA burst of warmth will envelop large parts of Australia over the final week of summer, with four eastern capitals sweating through temperatures in the ...
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Two cyclones swirling near Australia
Ashleigh Madden, 24-FebTropical Cyclone Alfred and Bianca formed near Australia on Sunday, with the first severe cyclone of the season possible in the Coral Sea. The ...
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A triangulation of lows
James Wall, 23-FebAustralia is sandwiched between two tropical low pressure systems to the north and one mid latitude low to the south. Satellite imagery shows t...
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Numerous tropical cyclones threaten the South Pacific
Felix Levesque, 22-FebSeveral tropical systems will affect the Coral Sea and South Pacific Ocean over the coming week, possibly impacting Fiji, Tonga, and–later–...
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Extreme fire danger in Vic and SA this weekend
Ben Domensino, 21-FebA burst of hot and windy weather will sweep across southeastern Australia this weekend, causing Extreme fire danger in parts of Victoria and South Aust...
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The latest on La Niña
Ashleigh Madden, 21-FebA weak La Niña has been impacting northern Qld during the past few months, so what is in store for Australia as we head into autumn? ...
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High risk of two tropical cyclones near Australia next week
Ben Domensino, 21-FebTwo tropical cyclones could form in the Australian region by the start of next week, one in the Coral Sea and the other off the north coast of WA. It...
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Adelaide facing driest summer in 33 years
Anthony Sharwood, 20-FebThat crunch you hear as you walk across what's left of the grass in an unwatered Adelaide park is the sound of a summer that could be the city’s ...
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Tasmanian fires rage on despite freezing winds
Anthony Sharwood, 19-FebA "feels like" temperature of –14.6°C was recorded at kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart on Wednesday morning, as a second cold front in a we...
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Another tropical cyclone could form off WA's north coast this week
Ben Domensino, 19-FebA developing tropical low to the north of WA’s Kimberley coast may become a tropical cyclone later this week, continuing an active season for the...
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Summer heat taking a break in southeastern Australia
Ashleigh Madden, 18-FebCool and dry air replaced heat and humidity across southeastern Australia on the weekend, bringing some welcome relief from an unusually uncomfortable ...
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Why our next tropical cyclone just got a name change
Anthony Sharwood, 17-FebThe next tropical cyclone to form in Australian waters won't be called Anthony as was originally planned. The BoM names cyclones from a pre-determine...
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