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Perth set for scorching weekend as summer draws to a close
The final weekend of the Australian summer looks all set to be an absolute scorcher with Perth expecting a hot and sunny day on Saturday with the mercury rising to 40 degrees.
The final weekend of the Australian summer looks all set to be an absolute scorcher with Perth expecting a hot and sunny day on Saturday with the mercury rising to 40 degrees.
Canberrans who were sick of the sweltering heat may have found themselves hugging the doona on Tuesday morning.
A man has been killed after two cars collided on the NSW north coast, as a series of catastrophic thunderstorms swept across the state on Sunday.
Large hailstones as wide as 50¢ pieces lashed Sydney on Friday afternoon as severe storms hit the city.
Lake Dumbleyung in WA's Wheatbelt is where Donald Campbell broke the world water speed record in 1964 in his iconic 'Bluebird' speedboat.
Sydney and much of NSW will take a rare break from this summer's extraordinary run of warmth, with a day or two of milder conditions before temperatures and fire risks start to climb again.
Meteorologists were predicting NSW would set a state-wide record for February warmth during the current heatwave but few would have tipped the mark would be broken two days in a row.
A small town in central western NSW has been "all but wiped out" in a bushfire that ravaged the area, a resident claims, as firefighters continue to battle more that 80 blazes burning across the state.
NSW is facing the "worst possible fire conditions" in its history with a "catastrophic" warning in place across large slabs of the state after a heatwave smashed temperature records on Saturday.
Power to the country's biggest aluminium smelter, Tomago Aluminium, will be cut back on Saturday for the second day running as an unprecedented heatwave gripping NSW pushes power reserves to the limit.
Wayne "Bronco" Lunn has endured many summers in the shearing business in north-western NSW over four decades but he's never seen one like this year's.
As Sydney endures another heatwave, sweltering through what is likely to be its hottest summer on record, there are places where the heat is not just extreme but excruciating.
Authorities are pleading for public help to avoid blackouts and limit fire risks as a record-breaking heatwave sets in across eastern Australia.
Sydney has sweltered through another record-breaking day in summer of peak heat, with hospitals remaining on alert, power cuts hitting businesses and sports competitions scrambling to cancel weekend events.
Snow is expected to fall in Tasmania this weekend while most of the nation swelters in a heatwave.
Sydney and the rest of NSW are expected to bake from Friday to Sunday, with authorities expecting a spike in electricity use as fans and air conditioners whir into action across the state.
NSW faces biggest test of the summer, with soaring temperatures set to bring "catastrophic" fire conditions to some areas.
The most extensive heatwave of the summer is building over inland Australia, setting up Sydney and much of the state for record-tilting heat over the coming weekend.
A gigantic, powerhouse winter storm is charging through the North Atlantic and threatens to flood the high Arctic with abnormally mild air.
A man has been struck by a lightning and killed while battling grassfires in central western NSW, as a series of severe thunderstorms swept across the state and delivered a day of wild weather.
A house collapsed, major roads slowed to a crawl, lightning strikes closed the airport and even the Salvation Army needed emergency help as a series of intense thunderstorms drenched many parts of Sydney.
Climate change has long been the target of fake news and its researchers can offer lessons for the wider society in how to handle deliberate misinformation, a leading US scientist said.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds across the Sydney metropolitan, Hunter, Illawarra and Central Tablelands districts.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for heavy rainfall and damaging winds in the Sydney metropolitan and parts of the Illawarra forecast districts on Tuesday morning in what is expected to be the city's wettest day since late last year.
Sydneysiders to get a couple of days of relief from the abnormal warmth before another tide of heat arrives, all but assuring this summer will be the city's hottest on record.
Sydneysiders who tossed and turned their way through yet another stifling night can rest assured: relief is on its way on Monday afternoon.
Sydneysiders are sweltering through a hot and sticky Sunday, with temperatures passing the 30-degree mark since 9.30am.
It's 5.40am in Moree, northern NSW, as Ben Adams wakes up and prepares for work.
Canberrans who sweltered through a hot and humid Sunday should brace themselves for an uncomfortably warm night.