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11:30 EDT

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30°C

Tonight

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Weather News

Week-long spring storm outbreak

10:45 EDT

It will be a thundery week across northern and eastern Australia, with daily storms firing up across multiple states and territories.

Psychology and cyclones: Why we don't prepare, and what we can learn from other cultures

17:41 EDT

After a weekend of wild weather and with the cyclone season upon us, it is a good time to ask â?? why do we fail to prepare for the worst? Psychologist and disaster researcher Douglas Paton came to the Top End chasing storms and the answer to that question.

NSW fire update

16:35 EDT

Almost 50 fires are bringing across New South Wales this afternoon according to the state's Rural Fire Service.