Weather News
Tuesday November 29, 2016
Queensland farmer weathers the storm, literally and financially, during bad weather
09:54 EDT
A Queensland lettuce farmer says having two properties to grow his lettuce on helps to offset the risks of the summer storm season.
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Monday November 28, 2016
Summer opening with a heatwave
17:12 EDT
Summer will turn up right on time for parts of Australia's eastern inland, with a heatwave forecast for some areas in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
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Eastern storms continue
12:21 EDT
Severe thunderstorms will continue to affect parts of Queensland and New South Wales at the beginning of this week.
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Sunday November 27, 2016
Latest frost in decades hits SE SA - risk now diminishing
18:00 EDT
South Australia's southeast recorded its latest sub-zero temperature in more than 20 years but the frost risk for the coming days and weeks is diminishing.
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Hot weather coming to New South Wales
12:30 EDT
Western New South Wales will continue to dry out as hot weather coincides with the start of summer.
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Saturday November 26, 2016
Thunderstorm asthma claims fifth life in Victoria
18:00 EDT
A fifth person has died and six people remain in intensive care â?? four of them critical â?? following Melbourne's thunderstorm asthma outbreak on Monday.
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Queensland weather: Early morning thunderstorms dump more than 100mm rain in couple of hours
14:06 EDT
Heavy rainfall is hammering parts of south-east Queensland this morning, with more than 100 millimetres falling in two hours on a number of suburbs.
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Wet runways at Brisbane Airport after Buckets of Rain
13:00 EDT
Drenching thunderstorms on Saturday morning led to a very wet start to operations at Brisbane Airport, but very little rainfall for the city itself.
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Mild week ahead for Perth
12:58 EDT
Following a run of relatively cool days, heat has slowly been building in Perth since mid-week, which should peak at around 37 degrees today.
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Shearing contractors unite to fix worker shortage in Queensland's revived sheep industry
10:04 EDT
Shearing contractors from across Queensland have banded together to address the worker shortage, after a sudden resurgence of sheep caught the industry by surprise.
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Friday November 25, 2016
Cool relief in the west
16:42 EDT
Perth's run of warm weather will come to an end this weekend.
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Stormy end to spring in Queensland
11:50 EDT
A week-long thunderstorm outbreak kicks off in Queensland today.
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Queensland weather: Bushfires near Rockhampton and Brisbane contained, warning for Fernvale downgraded
06:41 EDT
A watch and act warning for residents of Fernvale, north-west of Ipswich, has been downgraded as aircraft and fire crews worked through the night to contain the large grassfire burning in the area.
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Thursday November 24, 2016
Beaconsfield mine sinkhole remediation works reveal extent of subsidence
17:49 EDT
Major remediation work at the collapsing Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania has revealed a large hole beneath the buckled headframe.
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Heat, fire, severe storms in Queensland
16:31 EDT
A burst of late-spring heat that is fuelling fires across Queensland today will also help trigger severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
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Queensland bushfire season: Cyclone Marcia boosted risk of blazes, authorities say
12:25 EDT
Queensland fire authorities are asking people in the state's central regions to be vigilant this bushfire season, with debris from Cyclone Marcia still posing a risk.
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Pre-summer snow
10:50 EDT
Season-defiant snow has blanketed mountain tops in Australia's southeast, one week out from the beginning of summer.
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Wednesday November 23, 2016
'Thunderstorm asthma': Four people now believed dead, could have been more, minister says
18:10 EDT
A fourth death has been attributed to Melbourne's "thunderstorm asthma" emergency on Monday night, and it was lucky there were not more according to the state's Health Minister.
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Farmers call for financial assistance after hail storm wipes out a tenth of national table grape crop
13:45 EDT
The Australian table grape crop will see a drop in yield this year after a destructive storm in north-west Victoria.
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Storms loom for sunny Sydney
12:15 EDT
Sydney's picture-perfect morning is just the calm before a storm.
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Murray River flooding and increased bird life attract tourists to Mildura
10:45 EDT
A flooding Murray River in north-west Victoria is attracting tourists eager to experience the environmental boom, including increased bird life, and the largest flood in more than 20 years.
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Pre-monsoon deluge in Darwin
10:43 EDT
Darwin has received its heaviest rain so far this year after a wet and stormy night in the Top End.
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Papaya price hike in WA as storm rips through farms in the Ord Irrigation Scheme
08:42 EDT
An isolated storm that ripped through a handful of farms in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme has put a serious dent in WA's red papaya (pawpaw) supply.
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Tuesday November 22, 2016
Thunderstorm asthma 'like an elephant had his foot on my chest', Melbourne man says
18:55 EDT
A Melbourne man says he felt like he had an elephant standing on his chest on Monday night when thunderstorm asthma prompted thousands of people to seek medical advice.
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'Thunderstorm asthma': Two die after Melbourne storm causes spike in respiratory problems
17:22 EDT
Two people have died after experiencing respiratory issues during a "thunderstorm asthma" emergency in Melbourne last night, Ambulance Victoria says.
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Quiet start to cyclone season
15:26 EDT
The first month of Australia's tropical cyclone season looks like it will end without any systems being named in the Australian region.
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Perth's rare late-spring heat
15:14 EDT
Perth residents will be longing for a visit from the Fremantle Doctor this week as a late-spring hot spell grips the city.
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Haymakers laud stellar conditions as best in two decades
11:15 EDT
Haymakers and industry experts are lauding the current cropping season as the best in 20 years, however the high yields are unlikely to attract increased returns.
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Organic vegetable crops behind in southern New South Wales food bowl
10:19 EDT
The heat has finally arrived for crops in southern New South Wales desperate for a much-needed growth spurt.
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Monday November 21, 2016
Melbourne weather: Storm causes damage in city's west, following sweltering temperatures
22:42 EDT
A number of buildings in Melbourne's west have been damaged by a severe thunderstorm that swept through the city after the state's hottest day since March.
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Storms erupt across Australia
17:05 EDT
Thunderstorms were occurring over six states and territories this afternoon.
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Temperatures soar in Melbourne, Mallee under fire ban, after late start to spring
12:27 EDT
Melbourne is on track to have the hottest day since March, with the temperature set to hit 38 degrees Celsius.
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Late-spring heat fuelling fire danger
11:15 EDT
Emergency services in Australia's southeast are facing one of their first challenges of the fire season today.
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Sunday November 20, 2016
Heatwave for WA on the way
17:45 EDT
Parts of Western Australia are in for a week of hot weather.
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SE Australia heat brief on coast but long-lasting inland
15:37 EDT
Hot weather affecting of Southeastern Australia will only briefly reach coasts but last several days and nights over western New South Wales.
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Saturday November 19, 2016
Melbourne set for a scorching Monday
14:28 EDT
Hot and dry northerly winds will drive the temperatures into the mid-thirties for the start of the working week.
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Last significant spring cooling for Canberra
14:12 EDT
Following a spell of heat in Canberra that started on Friday, a final cooling event will drop temperatures next week.
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Victorian grain growers hold their breath in 'make or break' season
12:34 EDT
Victoria's grain growers have been frustrated by cool and unpredictable weather as they try to start what is shaping up to be an excellent season.
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Friday November 18, 2016
Late-spring heat gripping NSW
14:59 EDT
New South Wales is baking today as temperatures soar more than 10 degrees above average in some areas.
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Thursday November 17, 2016
Double heat for Sydney
19:26 EDT
Two rounds of hot weather during the next week will pack out beaches and pools across the Sydney Basin.
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Central Melbourne gets a tree change in readiness for hotter climate
19:09 EDT
Central Melbourne's streetscape is set for a marked change over the decades to come.
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Reality of frost damage across Western Australia sets in as farmers begin harvesting
18:52 EDT
As the 2016 grain harvest kicks off, Western Australian farmers' worst expectations for frost damage are being met, with some experiencing crop losses of up to 90 per cent.
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Cape Grim: Forty years of providing science with some of the cleanest air in the world
18:38 EDT
Sitting on the edge of the cliffs on the north west coast of Tasmania is the Cape Grim baseline air pollution station, which has been sampling air straight from the Southern Ocean for the past 40 years.
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Damage inspections underway to shape relief for Riverland growers hit by hail storm
15:14 EDT
State Government assessors are visiting Riverland properties to witness firsthand the extent of damage from South Australia's devastating hail storm on Friday.
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What causes a thunderstorm to become a hailstorm?
13:11 EDT
Moisture, atmospheric instability and updrafts combine to create a thunderstorm, but did you know you need gravity-defying rain to make hail?
Last Friday, several of Adelaide's eastern suburbs bore the brunt of large hail stones, experiencing widespread damage to cars and structures.
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Southeast hot season's sluggish start
11:18 EDT
It's taking a while to heat up across Australia's southeast this season.
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Wednesday November 16, 2016
Torrid Thursday for southern states
16:20 EDT
Parts of southern Australia will have their hottest day in eight months tomorrow.
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Banana growers counting cost after freak storm leaves thousands of bunches on the ground
13:42 EDT
Banana growers in the production stronghold of the Cassowary Coast are still counting the costs after a wild storm battered crops and left tens of thousands of banana bunches on the ground.
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Fire danger looms for NSW
11:58 EDT
Parts of New South Wales are on track to have increased bushfire potential this summer.
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Tuesday November 15, 2016
Tasmania's Cataract Gorge out of action again due to 'Mother Nature'
16:13 EDT
Heavy rains have again hit a flood prone tourist attraction in Tasmania's north, just as the region was getting over the catastrophic June floods.
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Weather News
Queensland farmer weathers the storm, literally and financially, during bad weather
09:54 EDT
A Queensland lettuce farmer says having two properties to grow his lettuce on helps to offset the risks of the summer storm season.
Summer opening with a heatwave
17:12 EDT
Summer will turn up right on time for parts of Australia's eastern inland, with a heatwave forecast for some areas in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Eastern storms continue
12:21 EDT
Severe thunderstorms will continue to affect parts of Queensland and New South Wales at the beginning of this week.
