Melbourne weather: Get ready for a warm start to summer

After a string of below-average temperatures this week, Melbourne will turn on the heat to mark the first day of summer. But don’t get too excited; it won’t last long.

Dry, hot start to summer brings a threat

Australia is heading for a relatively hot and dry start to summer as key climate drivers combine to raise the fire threat is many parts of the country.

Sydney storms trigger airport delays, douse commuters

Fast-moving thunderstorms create airport havoc but the peak has passed, the bureau says.

The North Pole is an insane 20C warmer than normal as winter descends

Something is off. The Arctic is superhot, even as a vast area of cold polar air has been displaced over Siberia.

Friend or foe? Eucalypts champion defends a misunderstood species

Dean Nicolle's arboretum has the largest collection of gums in the world.

Thunderstorm coming for the trip home

Sydney could be in for a thundery afternoon as a series of storm cells move in from the Blue Mountains.

Cool change to bring relief but add to risks for crews battling blazes

A cool change on Tuesday is expected to bring both relief and anxiety to the hundreds of firefighters battling blazes along eastern NSW.

Sunniest spell for Sydney in spring for 36 years as mercury climbs

Sydney is bathing in the sunniest spell for this time of year since 1980, pushing the mercury to summer-like highs.

'This time it's more intense': The heat is on the way

Sydney's first decent burst of summer-like heat will arrive almost cue, just days after students wrap up the last of their year 12 exams.

Canberra almost hit record low for November on Tuesday morning

Canberrans may have expected frosty mornings to have passed a month out from summer, but that has not been the case.

Another day of big surf to pummel Sydney's beaches

Waves of up to eight metres were recorded off the Sydney coast overnight, as beachgoers face another day of huge waves and swell pummelling the NSW coastline.

The Sydney suburbs worst hit by storms

Residents urged to prepare as a new storm season begins

Backyard buddies: you won't believe some of the insects on your side

The days are longer and lighter. And while the temperatures haven't been typically spring-like, the annual Cambrian-like explosion of backyard bugs is on. So who is your friend and who is your foe? The answers might come as a surprise.

Sydney weather: The tale of two weekends as rain sets in

Sydney is in for a wet and windy weekend, with temperatures expected to drop and gale force winds in some places on the NSW coast.

Deadly typhoon Haima displaces thousands in the Philippines

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has killed at least eight people with more than 90,000 evacuated.

Hazard-reduction burns blanket Sydney in smoke

The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was taking advantage of favourable weather conditions to carry out a number of hazard-reduction burns around Sydney.

Typhoon Sarika causes death and destruction in Philippines, Vietnam

Typhoon Sarika made landfall in eastern Philippines on Sunday after leaving at least two people dead a day earlier, thousands of villagers displaced and hundreds of planes grounded.

Burn-offs leave Sydney with a shroud of smoke

People with lung conditions are being urged to stay inside after hazard reduction burning and high pollen counts have made Sydney's air quality poor.

Stormy weather ahead, weather bureau says

Australians are being warned to prepare for stormy weather, according to forecasting from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Rain ahead as damaging winds forecast for ACT region

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A wet and windy afternoon is set to follow Canberra's mild Monday morning as a cold front moves through the region.

Strong winds leave thousands of homes without power

Secure the outdoor furniture, protect the pets, Melbourne is expected to be blasted with wind gusts of 120km/h on Sunday afternoon.

Hurricane Matthew weakens off US coast as death toll rises

Hurricane Matthew slammed into South Carolina on Saturday, packing a diminished yet still powerful punch after killing almost 900 people in Haiti and causing major flooding and widespread power outages as it skirted Florida and Georgia.

'It sounded like a jet plane': Matthew's death toll rises

The first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years has lashed Florida after killing at least 478 people in Haiti on its destructive march through the Caribbean.

Hurricane Matthew: East coast braces as deadly storm lashes Florida

As it ploughed up the coast, Hurricane Matthew largely spared South Florida on Thursday but cut a razor-thin path that threatened to make history: the first major hurricane on record to strike Central Florida's east coast.

Scores dead and millions flee as US braces for Hurricane Matthew

The death toll from the deadly storm nears 300 in the Caribbean and is barrelling towards the United States.

A Matthew and Nicole collision would hit Florida twice

As Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Florida coast, forecasters now predict that the storm will go into the Atlantic and slam back into Florida.

Sydney, you're in for a scorcher

If you have been itching for the hot weather to really set in, the time has come.

Sodden ground, strong winds led to trees across Canberra falling during storm as conditions look to clear

The combination of strong winds reaching nearly 100 kilometres an hour and ground sodden with weeks of rain contributed to dozens of trees being uprooted across Canberra on Tuesday.

Thousands of NSW properties left without power as winds reach 100km per hour

Gale force winds with gusts of up to 100 km per hour have ripped through parts of NSW leaving up to 10,000 homes and businesses without power.